Indoor bonsai are miniature versions of tropical and sub-tropical trees, whose native climate corresponds most closely to the climate inside a house. This book covers bonsai species which can be grown indoors and looks at care and maintenance, light and water requirements and at the training of bonsai trees. It has an A-Z selection of some 40 species of tropical, sub-tropical and tender bonsai.
Pruning is essential to keeping trees, shrubs, and other plants healthy and beautiful. Not only does pruning keep plants from getting unwieldy and large, it also allows light and air to reach more branches, encourages fruit and blossom growth, removes diseased branches, and adds structural strength to plants. But many homeowners and gardeners feel overwhelmed by pruning. When is the right time to prune? How much should be removed? What's the difference between pinching and heading back? What too...
Plant Specimen Sheets of Fuchsia Section Encliandra (onagraceae)
by Mike Clare
Trees and Shrubs of the Gardens
by John Alexander Grant and Carol L. Grant
Gardener's Guide to Growing Fuchsias
by John & Anderson, Peter Nicholass
Beginning with the outdoor garden, this book shows how to grow fuchsias as specimen plants, for summer bedding, in the rockery, underplanted with bulbs, as hedges and as trained shapes. Beautifully illustrated galleries showcase an inspirational range of colours and types. A section on container gardens shows how to use fuchsias in large pots, urns, troughs, boxes, hanging baskets, hanging pots, wall troughs, wall pots, chimney pots and more. A comprehensive techniques section looks at every as...
Dwarf and Slow-growing Conifers (Wisley Handbooks)
by John Bond and Lyn Randall
Pruning & Training (American Horticultural Society Practical Guides)
by Linden Hawthorne
This comprehensive handbook, compiled with the expertise of Reforesting Scotland’s editors, covers trees commonly found in Scotland. From seed provenance and propagation to the history and lore of each species, this single source contains all the information you need to select the right trees for your site and grow them successfully. Whether you are an owner of (or volunteer at) a small woodland, a gardener looking to incorporate the most appropriate trees into your space, or simply a lover of w...
Fotografias y dibujos acompanan las explicaciones de todos los procedimientos sobre que hacer en cada momento del ano con los ornamentales, frutales y bayas y parras.
This 3rd Edition of Cass Turnbull's Guide to Pruning covers more than twenty additional plants in three new chapters. The result is the new definitive guide for the home gardener with friendly, expert advice from Cass Turnbull, founder of Seattle's PlantAmnesty, whose mission is "to end the senseless torture and mutilation of trees and shrubs caused by mal-pruning." Nothing about pruning is obvious. In fact, most of it is downright counterintuitive. People try to prune plants like they cut lumbe...
DIY Guide To Annuals, Bulbs and Perennials Propagation
by Barbara Dawson
Elegir, cultivar y conservar las plantas aromaticas (Nature)
by Pierrick Le Jardinier
Contains full-colour images with step-by-step instructions, which provide concise practical information and advice. Perfect for the beginner or busy gardener who wants to get results.
Your Florida Guide to Shrubs
by Edward Gilman, Robert J Black, and Sydney Park Brown
No other book offers such colourful, complete, and reliable information about all aspects of selecting, growing, and maintaining the shrubs and small trees that thrive in the Florida landscape. Written for everyone from the homeowner with limited gardening skills to the landscape professional or property manager, the new edition of this photo-filled guide includes a hardiness-zone map and all the information you need to help create a beautiful landscape!