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Recommended Gardening
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| Plant Propagation : Principles
and Practices by Hudson Thomas Hartmann (Editor),
Dale E. Kester (Contributor), Fred T. Davies
(Contributor) |
| Hardcover - 912 pages 6th edition
(January 1997) |
| Key Benefit: Hallmarked as the
most successful book of its kind, this remarkably
thorough book covers all aspects of the propagation
of plants - both sexual and asexual - with considerable
attention given to human (vs natural) efforts
to increase plant numbers. Key Topics: The latest
applied techniques and theories of propagation
are discussed. A greater emphasis to the rapidly
growing area of tissue culture micropropagation
is addressed. Explores developments in propagation
equipment and facilities. Expands chapters on
cutting-propagation to include research on adventitious
root production. Techniques for rooting cuttings
are provided. |
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| Practical Woody Plant Propagation
for Nursery Growers by Bruce MacDonald |
| Hardcover - 660 pages Vol 001 (March
1987) |
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| Simon and Schuster's Guide to
Bonsai (Nature Guide Series) by Gianfranco Giorgi,
Victoria Jahn (Editor) |
| Paperback - 255 pages (May 1991)
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| This book is by far the most referenced
guide in my bonsai library. There is a picture
and general care for all tree types listed.
Even when I find a tree in a nursery that I
am not all that familiar with, sure enough,
it is listed in this guide. An Excellent choice!
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| Taylor's Easy Plant Propagation
by Nancy J. Ondra, Barbara Ellis, Nancy J. Cndra
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| Paperback (May 1998) |
| There are few things in gardening
more satisfying than turning one plant into
many. In this book, gardeners can learn all
the techniques of easy propagation, including
growing plants from seeds, multiplying your
stock by dividing clumps, taking cuttings to
start, layering, and more. |
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| The Art of Japanese Gardens :
Designing & Making Your on Peaceful Space by
Herb L. Gustafson |
| Hardcover - 128 pages (June 1999)
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| Often gardeners become so enslaved
to the work of maintenance and transformation
that they neglect the meditative potential of
their green space. Worrying over the details,
the whole picture is sometimes lost. This is
an attitude Herb Gustafson hopes to check in
The Art of Japanese Gardens, a beautifully photographed
book that creates in the reader a longing for
total silence. Photographs of tranquil bridges,
bright spidery Japanese maple leaves, and shimmering
ponds are accompanied by unpretentious philosophical
asides like "Our gardens can become a profound
representation of the universe as a whole,"
and "We must pause to reflect on our journey
thus far." Gustafson is not a stickler for historical
detail: his notion of a "Japanese" garden is
a hybrid of styles, some ancient, some modern.
Chapters include "Boundaries," in which a variety
of fences, walls, and gates are presented along
with accessible descriptions of construction
techniques. The third chapter explores that
great dreamlike element of the traditional Japanese
garden: the constant sound of running water,
artificial streams where "we sit and are relaxed
by the never-ending flow." |
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| The Bonsai Workshop by Herb L.
Gustafson |
| Paperback - 128 pages (March 1996)
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| Gustafson has designed his book
for the beginning to intermediate bonsai enthusiast,
outlining in straightforward fashion the essentials
of the care, creation, and display of these
lovely miniature trees. Basic bonsai care changes
considerably throughout the four seasons, the
author notes, and he offers the necessary seasonal
advice by regions. Gustafson stresses the importance
of learning how to merely keep a tree alive,
no easy task for the beginner. He supplies answers
to what he calls 100 basic questions concerning
bonsai culture in this book, which contains
402 color and 68 black-and-white illustrations.
Gustafson gives a short history of bonsai, along
with advice on pruning, potting, training, creating,
and displaying them. There's a glossary and
a suggested reading list. But this book should
be the only one you need. |
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| The Collector's Garden : Designing
With Extraordinary Plants by Kenneth Druse,
Margaret Roach (Editor), Ken Druse |
| Hardcover (March 1996) |
| This book is the story of those
passionate gardening extremists who turn a particular
species of plant into their particular mission
in life. Among them, Margaret Sharp and Pam
Puryear, who have devoted themselves to collecting
and saving old roses. Ken Druse provides exacting
prose portraits to go with his beautiful photographs
of the plants that are the source of such deep
obsession. The result is a book that helps make
clear just why gardening is one of the most
popular pastimes in the world. |
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| The Complete Book of Plant Propagation
by Charles W. Heuser (Editor), Richard Bird,
Mike Honour, Clive Innes, Jim Arbury, Mike Salmon
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| Hardcover - 224 pages (September
1997) |
| A practical step-by-step reference
on the art of reproducing garden plants. Each
chapter is devoted to an individual plant group,
including trees, shrubs, alpines, and water
plants. Written in an accessible style by a
team of experts, this essential gardening guide
is illustrated with more than 600 color photos
and drawings. |
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| The Conifer Manual (Forestry Sciences,
Vol 34) by Humphrey James Welch |
| Hardcover Vol 001 (February 1991)
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| The first of two volumes comprising
a full revision and updating of the following
works: Manual of cultivated conifers in the
cold and warm-temperate zone by P. den Ouden
and Dr. B.K. Boom (1965) and Manual of dwarf
conifers by Humphrey J. Welch (1979). Intended
as a comprehensive survey of cultivars, this
new work brings taxonomy into line with current
practice, extends species descriptions and makes
them more easy to use, supplies keys, relegates
several hundred obsolete names to an appendix,
and incorporates new cultivars. Vol.1 covers
the genera Abies to Phyllocladus. Vol.2 (unseen)
will finish the alphabet. Includes many photos
(b&w) and drawings. |
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| The Pruning of Trees, Shrubs and
Conifers by George E. Brown, John E. Bryan |
| Hardcover - 374 pages (June 1995)
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| Now back in print, with an updated
nomenclature and a new foreword by John Bryan,
this unique encyclopedia details the best pruning
methods for nearly 450 genera. It covers not
only the "how" of pruning, but the all-important
"when" of pruning, which is overlooked in other
books. It remains the best book ever written
on the subject. |
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| American Horticultural Society
Plant Propagation: The Fully Illustrated Plant-by-Plant
Manual of Practical Techniques by American Horticultural
Society and Peter Anderson |
| Hardcover - 320 pages (April 1999)
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| The American Horticultural Society's
Plant Propagation is one of those stuck-on-a-desert-island
books. All the information you could ever possibly
want in order to propagate virtually any plant
or tree or cactus or succulent that might be
growing on said desert island is to be found
somewhere between the covers of this marvelous,
informative book. If you're tired of buying
many pots of expensive perennials, tuck a copy
of Plant Propagation under your arm and buy
one good specimen. From that specimen, following
the simple directions, make many plants. It's
the kind of skill that all grandmothers of a
more distant generation seemed to have. |
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