Author: D. G. Hessayon
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9780903505420
Category : Bulbs
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Covers a whole range of bulbs which can provide indoor and outdoor displays all the year round.
The Bulb Expert
Author: D. G. Hessayon
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9780903505420
Category : Bulbs
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Covers a whole range of bulbs which can provide indoor and outdoor displays all the year round.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9780903505420
Category : Bulbs
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Covers a whole range of bulbs which can provide indoor and outdoor displays all the year round.
Bulbs for Warm Climates
Author: Thad M. Howard
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 9780292731264
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
From forty-five years of experience in collecting and cultivating bulbs, Thad Howard offers expert advice about hundreds of little-known bulbs and common species, varieties, and hybrids that grow well in warm climates.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 9780292731264
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
From forty-five years of experience in collecting and cultivating bulbs, Thad Howard offers expert advice about hundreds of little-known bulbs and common species, varieties, and hybrids that grow well in warm climates.
The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Bulbs
Author: Richard Wilford
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
ISBN: 071124717X
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
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 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.
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
ISBN: 071124717X
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
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 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.
The House Plant Expert
Author: D. G. Hessayon
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9780903505611
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
"The house plant expert Book two covers the new house plants which have been introduced in the last decade"--Back cover.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9780903505611
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
"The house plant expert Book two covers the new house plants which have been introduced in the last decade"--Back cover.
Bulb Forcing for Beginners and the Seriously Smitten
Author: Art Wolk
Publisher: AAB Book Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780972973052
Category : Bulbs (Plant anatomy)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
You can grow tulips, daffodils, crocuses, and the rest of their spring-blooming brethren indoors, all winter long, when the view outside your window reveals snow, sleet, or icy rain. Instead, imagine your windowsills filled with an array of dazzling flowers. In this informative and entertaining book, famed bulb forcer Art Wolk humorously reveals the secrets he's used for three decades to win silver cups and baskets of blue ribbons. And, he admits, bulb forcing requires no Green Thumb. As long as you can put soil and bulbs in a pot without mortally wounding yourself, you'll succeed. Wolk's book is filled with laugh-out-loud humor and more than 350 glorious photos that show you exactly how to produce your own indoor, wintertime flower show every year.
Publisher: AAB Book Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780972973052
Category : Bulbs (Plant anatomy)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
You can grow tulips, daffodils, crocuses, and the rest of their spring-blooming brethren indoors, all winter long, when the view outside your window reveals snow, sleet, or icy rain. Instead, imagine your windowsills filled with an array of dazzling flowers. In this informative and entertaining book, famed bulb forcer Art Wolk humorously reveals the secrets he's used for three decades to win silver cups and baskets of blue ribbons. And, he admits, bulb forcing requires no Green Thumb. As long as you can put soil and bulbs in a pot without mortally wounding yourself, you'll succeed. Wolk's book is filled with laugh-out-loud humor and more than 350 glorious photos that show you exactly how to produce your own indoor, wintertime flower show every year.
The New Bedding Plant Expert
Author: D. G. Hessayon
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9780903505451
Category : Bedding Plants
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
An illustrated guide to buying, raising and using bedding plants.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9780903505451
Category : Bedding Plants
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
An illustrated guide to buying, raising and using bedding plants.
The Greenhouse Expert
Author: D. G. Hessayon
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0903505401
Category : Conservatory gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Provides instructions for installing and equiping greenhouses and discusses plants suited for growing under glass, the car of both the plants and the equipment, diseases and pests that can infect greenhouses, and related topics.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0903505401
Category : Conservatory gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Provides instructions for installing and equiping greenhouses and discusses plants suited for growing under glass, the car of both the plants and the equipment, diseases and pests that can infect greenhouses, and related topics.
Annuals, Perennials, and Bulbs
Author: Editors of Creative Homeowner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781580118156
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Practical tips for growing annuals, perennials, and bulbs in your own garden. Also includes garden design techniques"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781580118156
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Practical tips for growing annuals, perennials, and bulbs in your own garden. Also includes garden design techniques"--Provided by publisher.
Who Invented the Light Bulb?
Author: Susan E. Hamen
Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)
ISBN: 1512483214
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Most Americans believe that Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. But British scientist Joseph Swan was working on this invention at the same time. Patent battles, lies, and determination fill out this race to create the first usable light bulb!
Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)
ISBN: 1512483214
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Most Americans believe that Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. But British scientist Joseph Swan was working on this invention at the same time. Patent battles, lies, and determination fill out this race to create the first usable light bulb!
A Gardener's Guide to Bulbs
Author: Christine Skelmersdale
Publisher: Crowood Press (UK)
ISBN: 9781847973764
Category : Bulbs (Plant anatomy)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Bulbs are always a delight for gardeners, whether used to burst freely in drifts or caught to add colour and exuberance within a border or container. This book captures that sense of joy by celebrating the potential of bulbs throughout the year. Organised into seasons, it gives practical advice on growing and - especially - choosing bulbs for the garden.
Publisher: Crowood Press (UK)
ISBN: 9781847973764
Category : Bulbs (Plant anatomy)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Bulbs are always a delight for gardeners, whether used to burst freely in drifts or caught to add colour and exuberance within a border or container. This book captures that sense of joy by celebrating the potential of bulbs throughout the year. Organised into seasons, it gives practical advice on growing and - especially - choosing bulbs for the garden.