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The new Kew guide to planting and cultivating shrubs features 12
easy and inspiring projects as well as detailed information
on 50 of the most important specimens to grow,
all accompanied by Kew's beautiful botanical illustrations.
Shrubs are the perfect plant - they are low-maintenance, there is a
variety for nearly every need and they are widely available. This
guide is a perfect mix of practical and giftable gardening
reference for the entry level enthusiast who wants to find out more
about shrubs and wants to grow them successfully. Combining the
authority and expertise of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew with
beautiful artworks and practical advice, this is a giftable
hardback for enthusiasts and beginners. Packed with information and
inspiration, it covers a range of plants as well as vital
information on soil, light and maintenance. Every plant’s needs
are revealed so readers can succeed with 50 specimens and 12 easy
to follow projects.
From the Kew Experts series, this book is perfect book for the
house plant gardener, filled with invaluable tips, tricks and handy
advice to help your plants thrive! Are your house plants forlorn?
Do they need more knowledgeable attention? With the help of experts
from the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, discover which plants are
delicate and which indestructible, whether these are cacti,
succulents, air plants or those famous for their flowers, foliage,
fragrance and even air freshening powers. Learn how to nurture your
house plants and cultivate an oasis of calm using the advice and
projects in this pretty guide to 70 of the best. Here you'll find
plants for all tastes, all rooms, cold and warm temperatures, all
light levels and every skill set. Find the right home for your
plants and the right plants for your home. This beautifully
illustrated guide mixes exquisite botanical prints with 12
step-by-step photographed projects that show how to create and
display the trendiest and lushest arrangements today. Author Kay
Maguire goes back to the basics of choosing, potting, feeding and
care, then looks further at pruning and propagating in order to
make more plants. This is the perfect book for new or experienced
stay-at-home gardeners wanting to improve their outlook, freshen
their air and cultivate a little bit of calm. This book is from the
Kew Experts series, in which the top gardeners and botanical
scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew offer up advice and
information as well as suggesting handy projects on a range of
gardening topics. Other titles include: Companion to Medicinal
Plants, Guide to Growing Bulbs, Guide to Growing Fruit, Guide to
Growing Orchids, Guide to Growing Roses, Guide to Growing
Succulents and Cacti, Guide to Growing Trees, Guide to Growing
Herbs and Guide to Growing Vegetables.
The new Kew guide to planting and cultivating herbs features 12
easy and inspiring projects as well as detailed information on 80
of the most important species to grow, all accompanied by Kew's
beautiful botanical illustrations. Herbs provide flavours and
scents unlike any other, and the 80 hand-picked herbs in this book
are a living trove of fresh flavours for any cook, with power to
transform the simplest dish. Find out how to grow herbs in beds,
pots, borders and windowboxes, how to plant, and how to propagate
and harvest your herbs, as the kew experts equip you with all you
need to create a flourishing herb garden of your very own.
Following this, 80 of the most important and exciting herbs are
identified, illustrated and their uses explained. This is
accompanied by 12 projects which show how to develop a herb garden
at the next level and use herbs in the most interesting and
creative ways, from planting a herb roof to making herbal oils.
Herbs can be used as seeds, flowers, or leaves; cooked and eaten
themselves or used to infuse a dish or drink. They are high-value
ingredients for foraged dishes, and must-have crops for the best
restaurants as chefs realise that often the only way to capture
their elusive flavour is to grow and harvest fresh herbs on their
doorstep. With this book these intense flavours can now be a
reality for gardeners and home-cooks with any size of garden, from
an acre to a window box. Underpinned by the authority of the Royal
Botanic Gardens, Kew and the expertise of Holly Farrell this book
combines practical elements with inspiration and beauty. This book
is from the Kew Experts series, in which the top gardeners and
botanical scientists from Royal Botanic Kew Gardens offer up advice
and information as well as suggesting handy projects on a range of
gardening topics. Other titles include: Companion to Medicinal
Plants, Guide to Growing Bulbs, Guide to Growing Fruit, Guide to
Growing Orchids, Guide to Growing Roses, Guide to Growing
Succulents and Cacti, Guide to Growing Trees, Guide to Growing
Vegetables and Guide to Growing House Plants.
Orchids are one of the largest plant families, with an estimated
28,000 species worldwide, they occur on all major landmasses except
Antarctica. Full of a variety of colour and form, this new Kew
Pocketbook offers a snapshot into the diverse world of orchids, a
plant group that has become part of our daily lives, fascinated
Darwin, and continues to enthral scientists and horticulturists
today. Beautifully illustrated with 40 stunning paintings from the
Kew archives. An introductory chapter by Kew expert Michael F. Fay
provides an overview of the plant group, and extended captions
accompany each painting.
The new Kew guide to planting and cultivating bulbs features 12
easy and inspiring projects, detailed information on 66 of the most
important species to grow, accompanied by Kew's beautiful botanical
illustrations. With expert advice from Kew bulb expert Richard
Wilford and the Kew Gardens team, this is the ultimate companion to
growing and planting with bulbs. In this book Richard Wilford shows
the key differences between bulbs, corms and tubers, he explains
the importance of planting times and techniques, he explains simple
methods for propagation, as well as planting instructions for
growing in borders, within grassy areas or in containers. He
identifies the most popular flowering times and provides bulbs of
interest all year round. He presents all the important bulbs, from
winter snowdrops, crocuses, cyclamen, hyacinths, irises; spring
daffodils, tulips, snowflakes, lily-of-the-valley; summer alliums,
lilies, agapanthus, foxtail lily; as well as autumn snowflakes,
colchicum, cyclamen and amaryllis. The 12 special projects are
broad and attractive. They comprise: how to grow and display
ornamental onions; how to plant hippeastrums indoors on a
windowsill; how to establish a carpet of anemones; how to layer
bulbs in containers 'lasagne' style; how to plant a drift of
snake's head fritillaries; how to establish bulbs in a shady
border; how to design a spring bulb extravaganza; how to make a
cutting patch for bulbs; how to grow tulips from seed; how to
naturalise autumn-flowering bulbs; how to establish a winter bulb
garden; and how to time a three-month display of tulips. Bulb
problems and pests are easily handled in the troubleshooting
section, and a handy checklist of what to do, when guides growers
throughout the year. The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Bulbs is
part of the Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing series and is
accompanied by Growing Herbs, Growing House Plants, Growing
Vegetables, Growing Orchids and Growing Fruit. The only book you'll
need to grow more than 66 species, beautifully, practically,
successfully.
RHS Staff Pick of the Year 2021 Spectator Gardening Book of the
year 2021 'A refreshingly insightful history of plant
introductions.' - Roy Lancaster Travel the world with extraordinary
tales of the botanical discoveries that have shaped empires, built
(and destroyed) economies, revolutionised medicine and advanced our
understanding of science. Circling the globe from Australia's
Botany Bay to the Tibetan plateau, from the deserts of Southern
Africa to the jungles of Brazil, this book presents an incredible
cast of characters - dedicated researchers and reckless
adventurers, physicians, lovers and thieves. Meet dauntless Scots
explorer David Douglas and visionary Prussian thinker Alexander von
Humboldt, the 'Green Samurai' Mikinori Ogisu and the intrepid 17th
century entomologist Maria Sibylla Merian - the first woman known
to have made a living from science. Beautifully illustrated with
over 100 botanical artworks from the archives of the Royal Botanic
Gardens, Kew, this absorbing book tells the stories of how plants
have travelled across the world - from the missions of the Pharaohs
right up to 21st century seed-banks and the many new and endangered
species being named every year. *** THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW
is a world-famous research organisation and a major international
visitor attraction. It harnesses the power of its science, the rich
diversity of its gardens and collections to unearth why plants and
fungi matter to everyone. Its aspiration is to end the extinction
crisis and help create a world where nature and biodiversity are
protected, valued and managed sustainably.
Encyclopaedic reference to a unique flora; provides an inventory of
all vascular plants in the flora of Mount Kinabalu. Orchids.
Encyclopaedic reference to a unique flora; provides an inventory of
all vascular plants in the flora of Mount Kinabalu. Ferns and fern
allies.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Guide to a rich and varied orchid flora under increasing pressure
from the accelerating and widespread destruction of the forests of
the Pacific islands. Illustrated with 80 full-page line drawing and
16 pages of colour photographs.
Index to the collecting localities of the ferns and flowering
plants native and naturalised in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
Illustrated account of Sri Lanka's agaric flora, containing 103
full-page line illustrations.
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