Author: Attila Kapitany
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780646463810
Category : Succulent plants
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A pictorial introduction to the beauty and diversity of Australian succulent plants. It aims to stimulate a greater awareness and appreciation of all Australian plants and to serve as a useful identification guide for almost 100 species.
Australian Succulent Plants
Author: Attila Kapitany
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780646463810
Category : Succulent plants
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A pictorial introduction to the beauty and diversity of Australian succulent plants. It aims to stimulate a greater awareness and appreciation of all Australian plants and to serve as a useful identification guide for almost 100 species.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780646463810
Category : Succulent plants
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A pictorial introduction to the beauty and diversity of Australian succulent plants. It aims to stimulate a greater awareness and appreciation of all Australian plants and to serve as a useful identification guide for almost 100 species.
The Complete Book of Cacti & Succulents
Author: Terry Hewitt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780751300499
Category : Cactus
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Based on the author's 30-year study with over 50,000 plants, The Complete Book of Cacti and Succulents offers a photographic A-Z which profiles more than 300 plants, with practical advice for propagating and cultivating them and imaginative ideas for display. The expert advice, supported by step-by-step photographs, covers subjects ranging from handling spiky plants to identifying pests and diseases. Catering both to enthusiastic beginners and ardent cactophiles around the world, this should be a useful sourcebook of plant species advice, ideas and inspiration.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780751300499
Category : Cactus
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Based on the author's 30-year study with over 50,000 plants, The Complete Book of Cacti and Succulents offers a photographic A-Z which profiles more than 300 plants, with practical advice for propagating and cultivating them and imaginative ideas for display. The expert advice, supported by step-by-step photographs, covers subjects ranging from handling spiky plants to identifying pests and diseases. Catering both to enthusiastic beginners and ardent cactophiles around the world, this should be a useful sourcebook of plant species advice, ideas and inspiration.
Striking Succulent Gardens
Author: Gabriel Frank
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
ISBN: 0399580999
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Design a succulent garden of your own, with inspiration, advice, and instructional step-by-step projects for container gardens, small-space gardens, mixed gardens, and more. You can't help but be mesmerized by the eye-catching geometric forms and jewel-toned colors of succulents. But how do you grow these beauties in your own garden? One of the only books dedicated to succulent garden design, Striking Succulent Gardens is a stylish, modern gardening book for beginners and enthusiasts alike. Known for his colorful approach and bold use of varied textures and shapes, garden designer Gabriel Frank offers practical ideas, simple concepts, stunning full-color photography, step-by-step instructions for a dozen different gardens, plant recommendations, basic succulent care, and an inspired approach to creating living art in your own garden. For those in colder climates, there is a list of cold-hardy succulents and advice for bringing container gardens indoors for the winter, making succulent gardens achievable no matter where you live. Tough, water-wise, wildly popular, and nearly indestructible, succulents will transform your outdoor space, providing gardens of every size with minimal maintenance and maximum impact.
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
ISBN: 0399580999
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Design a succulent garden of your own, with inspiration, advice, and instructional step-by-step projects for container gardens, small-space gardens, mixed gardens, and more. You can't help but be mesmerized by the eye-catching geometric forms and jewel-toned colors of succulents. But how do you grow these beauties in your own garden? One of the only books dedicated to succulent garden design, Striking Succulent Gardens is a stylish, modern gardening book for beginners and enthusiasts alike. Known for his colorful approach and bold use of varied textures and shapes, garden designer Gabriel Frank offers practical ideas, simple concepts, stunning full-color photography, step-by-step instructions for a dozen different gardens, plant recommendations, basic succulent care, and an inspired approach to creating living art in your own garden. For those in colder climates, there is a list of cold-hardy succulents and advice for bringing container gardens indoors for the winter, making succulent gardens achievable no matter where you live. Tough, water-wise, wildly popular, and nearly indestructible, succulents will transform your outdoor space, providing gardens of every size with minimal maintenance and maximum impact.
Designing with Succulents
Author: Debra Lee Baldwin
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 1604692960
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Lavishly illustrated with over 300 photographs, Designing with Succulents gives design and cultivation basics for paths, borders, slopes, and containers; hundreds of succulent plant recommendations; and descriptions of 90 easy-care, drought-tolerant companion plants. Beginners and experienced designers, landscapers, and collectors alike will find what they need to visualize, create, and nurture the three-dimensional work of art that is the succulent garden.
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 1604692960
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Lavishly illustrated with over 300 photographs, Designing with Succulents gives design and cultivation basics for paths, borders, slopes, and containers; hundreds of succulent plant recommendations; and descriptions of 90 easy-care, drought-tolerant companion plants. Beginners and experienced designers, landscapers, and collectors alike will find what they need to visualize, create, and nurture the three-dimensional work of art that is the succulent garden.
Gardener's Guide to Succulents
Author: Misa Matsuyama
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462921310
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
The Gardener's Guide to Succulents is a stunning visual reference identifying over 125 plants from 40 different genera of succulents and cacti. Fleshy, spiny, hairy, flowering--and coming in every imaginable shape, color and size--this plant family has captured the affection of plant enthusiasts all over the world. This book provides a beautiful overview of the diversity that succulents have to offer, presenting a wide variety of popular plants to help you create striking, aesthetically pleasing compositions. This succulent guide includes information about: What each variety needs and where it thrives Plant characteristics, with ratings on ease of growth and maintenance requirements Ideas for group plantings and illustrated tips on indoor planting Striking identification photos, rich in color and contrast This succulent encyclopedia is a useful resource for everyone--from cacti beginners looking to decorate their living space to serious gardeners hoping to expand their succulent plantings.
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462921310
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
The Gardener's Guide to Succulents is a stunning visual reference identifying over 125 plants from 40 different genera of succulents and cacti. Fleshy, spiny, hairy, flowering--and coming in every imaginable shape, color and size--this plant family has captured the affection of plant enthusiasts all over the world. This book provides a beautiful overview of the diversity that succulents have to offer, presenting a wide variety of popular plants to help you create striking, aesthetically pleasing compositions. This succulent guide includes information about: What each variety needs and where it thrives Plant characteristics, with ratings on ease of growth and maintenance requirements Ideas for group plantings and illustrated tips on indoor planting Striking identification photos, rich in color and contrast This succulent encyclopedia is a useful resource for everyone--from cacti beginners looking to decorate their living space to serious gardeners hoping to expand their succulent plantings.
Plant Life of Southwestern Australia
Author: Philip K. Groom
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110370190
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Southwestern Australia is unique as it contains the world’s most nutrient-impoverished soils, experiences a prolonged-summer period and the vegetation is extremely fire-prone. It is also world-renowned for its relative high level of flora biodiversity. This book focuses on the diverse range of morphological and physiological adaptations evolved by the flora to survive in the harsh Mediterranean-type climate.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110370190
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Southwestern Australia is unique as it contains the world’s most nutrient-impoverished soils, experiences a prolonged-summer period and the vegetation is extremely fire-prone. It is also world-renowned for its relative high level of flora biodiversity. This book focuses on the diverse range of morphological and physiological adaptations evolved by the flora to survive in the harsh Mediterranean-type climate.
The Timber Press Guide to Succulent Plants of the World
Author: Fred Dortort
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 9781604693577
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The plants are organized into 28 intuitively logical groups, such as succulent euphorbias, mesembryanthemums, bulbs, succulent trees, aloes, agaves, and haworthias. Each entry includes information on the plant's native habitat, its cultivation requirements, and its horticultural potential. As useful to novice growers as to collectors and those with an existing interest in succulents, this will be the standard reference for years to come.
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 9781604693577
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The plants are organized into 28 intuitively logical groups, such as succulent euphorbias, mesembryanthemums, bulbs, succulent trees, aloes, agaves, and haworthias. Each entry includes information on the plant's native habitat, its cultivation requirements, and its horticultural potential. As useful to novice growers as to collectors and those with an existing interest in succulents, this will be the standard reference for years to come.
The Useful Native Plants of Australia
Author: Joseph Henry Maiden
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
Echeveria Cultivars
Author: Lorraine Schulz
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780095851671
Category : Echeveria
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
An outstanding selection of over 130 of the best echeverias with large photographs showing plants under different growing conditions. Enjoy the photos, identify some of your unknowns and lust for some of the new hybrids soon to be available. The text includes sections on cultivation, pests, diseases and propagation, including seed raising and producing your own special hybrids.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780095851671
Category : Echeveria
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
An outstanding selection of over 130 of the best echeverias with large photographs showing plants under different growing conditions. Enjoy the photos, identify some of your unknowns and lust for some of the new hybrids soon to be available. The text includes sections on cultivation, pests, diseases and propagation, including seed raising and producing your own special hybrids.
Architectural Plants
Author: Christine Shaw
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007204701
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
A definitive guide to the spectacular world of architectural plants, packed with practical advice on how to liven up your garden using the striking shapes and wonderful exoticism of this distinct new area of planting. Whether amateur or expert, this superb book is essential reading for any gardener looking for something a bit special to grow. This area of horticulture is fast becoming popular with people keen to experiment and incorporate new ideas for their gardens. Architectural plants, though unusual in appearance and often of tropical origin, prove easy to grow and maintain in this country. And most plants being evergreen, their presence in the garden is felt all year round. The book is a comprehensive guide to the broad range of architectural plants, from spiky agaves and yuccas to succulent sempervivums, dramatic palms and graceful bamboos. Packed with specialist, yet user-friendly information on soil assessment, drainage and cultivation methods, it is ideal for people who are eager to learn more about these species and how best to grow them. Architectural Plants offers a stimulating look at alternative and innovative ways to create a vibrant garden display.
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007204701
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
A definitive guide to the spectacular world of architectural plants, packed with practical advice on how to liven up your garden using the striking shapes and wonderful exoticism of this distinct new area of planting. Whether amateur or expert, this superb book is essential reading for any gardener looking for something a bit special to grow. This area of horticulture is fast becoming popular with people keen to experiment and incorporate new ideas for their gardens. Architectural plants, though unusual in appearance and often of tropical origin, prove easy to grow and maintain in this country. And most plants being evergreen, their presence in the garden is felt all year round. The book is a comprehensive guide to the broad range of architectural plants, from spiky agaves and yuccas to succulent sempervivums, dramatic palms and graceful bamboos. Packed with specialist, yet user-friendly information on soil assessment, drainage and cultivation methods, it is ideal for people who are eager to learn more about these species and how best to grow them. Architectural Plants offers a stimulating look at alternative and innovative ways to create a vibrant garden display.