Hillside by the Stream, Ugurtasi Istavri Village Turkey by steelskyblue
TheGardenLady received this question from Janan.
I am planning a spring trip to Turkey to see wildflowers – especially bulbs. Do you know of any good books or other resources that are in English?
How I envy your traveling to Turkey to see the flowers. Turkey is one of the most interesting countries to visit. Though I never spent time visiting gardens in Turkey, I found the most amazing variety of wild flowers- especially on the Eastern part of the country and around the area called Cappadocia. “Turkey is home to 9000 species of flowers, out of which 3,000 are native to its varied geographical landscape.” (see here)
There will be a flower show in Turkey from Nov. 28th and Dec. 1 in Istanbul. (see here)
A good website on Wild Flowers of Turkey A-Z is this.
Two websites for anything about Turkey are this and this.
Watch this YouTube video on flowers of Antalya.
Check out “Flowers of Turkey. A photo guide” by Gerhard Pils
A book that might be helpful for your journey is ” Plant List for Olu Deniz, Turkey” by Lance Chilton, N. J. Turland
There is a series of at least 10 books on the Flora of Turkey that can be found on Amazon.com. One is Flora of Turkey, Volume 1:Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Vol. 1 by P.H. Davis
Another example from the series is ” Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands” by Adil Guner, Neriman Ozhatay, Tuna Ekim, K.Husnu C. Baser and Ian Hedge
Good luck. And will you please share some of your photos of the plants you see with the readers of TheGardenLady.org
I almost completed my first book about the bulbous plants of Turkey. I am still working at the print house and most probably will be published in 15 days. Keep track about the book which covers 553 species.
The book is published and you can purchase the book and also join a trip with me from http://www.wildflowertours.com
The book is the best yet in Turkey