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Books > Gardening > Gardening: plants > General
The Benefits and uses of a Gardening Planner One of the first
things people notice about a home is its landscaping. Your home is
an expression of you as a person and as such you want to make a
good impression and show that you take pride in yourself and your
home. The types of garden plants that both flourish and add value
to your home vary from region to region and can be overwhelming.
That is why the use of a garden planner is essential. A garden
planner will be able to focus on the proper mix of plants for your
unique setting. By using a garden planner you will save both time
and money and will achieve a result that you can be proud of for
years to come.
All sorts of greenhouse, garden, and house plants can be propagated
from cuttings, using only a cold frame or some sheltered ground.
Budding, layering, grafting, division, and raising from seed are
also simple operations once you know how-with the added
satisfaction of obtaining new plants at a fraction of the cost of
buying them. This manual explains all the techniques clearly and
simply, illustrating the process with more than 80 diagrams and
photos. There are also chapters on the uses of modern materials and
equipment, the history of propagation, and the care of young plants
after the propagation period, to ensure complete success.
Comprehensive alphabetical tables cover the propagation of over
1,500 different kinds of plant, making this book as invaluable for
the horticultural student as it is for the home gardener. For each
variety the chart indicates the most suitable methods, times of
year, and conditions-greenhouse, cold frame, outdoors, or
indoors-to propagate successfully.
This is a book on aquatic plants written in accessible language, so
that anyone interested in water plants can acquire useful knowledge
about them. As far as possible botanical language has been used
sparingly, and then only when absolutely necessary. There are
nearly half a million aquatic species in existence, and therefore
it is impossible even to attempt to cover a small fraction of this
in a single volume. Therefore a selection consisting of over 350
commonly known species has been described within, to kindle the
interest of the plant enthusiast and give a flavour of this
specialised subject area. For ease of identification, the text is
accompanied by 150 line drawings and photographs
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