This is a fully comprehensive guide to please even the most thorough grower. Beginning with an overview of the nature of seeds, including how they are pollinated and fertilised, Jekka McVicar draws on her extensive experience of farming herbs, describing when and how to harvest, sort and store each seed. With the foundation laid, the main scope of the book begins: how does one grow specific plants from seeds? With practical growing instructions and planting recipes, the book covers over 500 genera, with many more varieties and cultivars, in practical and extensive detail. The range is enormous: alpines, annuals, aquatic plants, trees, herbs and cacti are just a few of the many categories of plants discussed, with helpful cross-referencing and photography to spur the reader into action.
- ISBN10 1856267830
- ISBN13 9781856267830
- Publish Date 21 February 2008 (first published 19 November 2001)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 January 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Octopus Publishing Group
- Imprint Kyle Cathie
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 256
- Language English