Collins Wild Flowers book

Zen · 06-03-2010, 04:43 PM

Ive noticed recently a few posts about people struggling to identify weeds.

I have the Collins Wild guide to Wild flowers. It is a fantastic little book and really helped me put when I 1st started looking for weeds and flowers, and trying to work out what they were. It has detailed pictures and also descriptions and fits in my pocket quite well too!! Now if I come across something I cant identify I take a photo (thankgod for camera phones!) and then look in the book when I get home!

Mine is a 2004 publication but i have just seen Amazon doing a 2008 and 2009 version.

Definately worth having on the bookshelf!

I'm sure other people have books that they have found useful, and will hopefuly add to this thread

**16 shells** · 06-03-2010, 04:59 PM

I have two now to work from, Complete British Wild Flowers by Paul Sterry and one i found in a charity shop A field guide to the Wild Flowers of Britain, a Readers Digest book, £3. Some plant's can be still be hard to recognise when they are small or have been picked and laid on a table with no flower's on.

**Alan1** · 07-03-2010, 08:32 AM

I have this one too.. Complete British Wild Flowers by Paul Sterry. I think it's a Collins book. I also have a poison plants book from Alnwick poison garden http://www.alnwickgarden.com/store/v...-Poison-Garden

06-03-2010, 04:43 PM	#1
Zen Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Banbury Oxfordshire Posts: 2,623	Collins Wild Flowers book Ive noticed recently a few posts about people struggling to identify weeds. I have the Collins Wild guide to Wild flowers. It is a fantastic little book and really helped me put when I 1st started looking for weeds and flowers, and trying to work out what they were. It has detailed pictures and also descriptions and fits in my pocket quite well too!! Now if I come across something I cant identify I take a photo (thankgod for camera phones!) and then look in the book when I get home! Mine is a 2004 publication but i have just seen Amazon doing a 2008 and 2009 version. Definately worth having on the bookshelf! I'm sure other people have books that they have found useful, and will hopefuly add to this thread __________________ Rachael & Zen (THB) 'Show gratitude to every living thing'

06-03-2010, 04:59 PM	#2
16 shells Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hull Posts: 7,286	I have two now to work from, Complete British Wild Flowers by Paul Sterry and one i found in a charity shop A field guide to the Wild Flowers of Britain, a Readers Digest book, £3. Some plant's can be still be hard to recognise when they are small or have been picked and laid on a table with no flower's on. __________________ Paul.

07-03-2010, 08:32 AM	#3
Alan1 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland Posts: 21,512	I have this one too.. Complete British Wild Flowers by Paul Sterry. I think it's a Collins book. I also have a poison plants book from Alnwick poison garden http://www.alnwickgarden.com/store/v...-Poison-Garden Last edited by Alan1; 07-03-2010 at 08:35 AM.

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