Passalong Plants

These botanical heirlooms, such as flowering almond, blackberry lily, and night-blooming cereus, usually can't be found in neighborhood garden centers—about the only way to obtain a passalong plant is to beg a piece from a fortunate gardener who has one. This lively and sometimes irreverent book describes 117 such plants, giving particulars on hardiness, size, uses, and horticultural requirements.