Author: Gordon D. Rowley
Publisher: Crown
ISBN:
Category : Succulent plants
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Information on the natural history, propagation, evolution, classification, and cultivation of succulents is combined with studies of specific families and species of plants.
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Succulents
Author: Gordon D. Rowley
Publisher: Crown
ISBN:
Category : Succulent plants
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Information on the natural history, propagation, evolution, classification, and cultivation of succulents is combined with studies of specific families and species of plants.
Publisher: Crown
ISBN:
Category : Succulent plants
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Information on the natural history, propagation, evolution, classification, and cultivation of succulents is combined with studies of specific families and species of plants.
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cacti
Author: Clive Innes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781840130676
Category : Cactus
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The sight of a tall, spiny cactus silhouetted against a sun-parched desert landscape has always evoked a certain mystique. This visual directory is the ultimate guide to the fascinating world of cacti. The colorful photographs allow for identification and informative captions include soil, light and maintenance requirements and pest control facts for over 1200 types of cacti. A handy illustrated guide allows the reader to identity plants based on their shape and spine characteristics. Enhance your own landscape or garden with this impressive and hearty species of exotic plant life.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781840130676
Category : Cactus
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The sight of a tall, spiny cactus silhouetted against a sun-parched desert landscape has always evoked a certain mystique. This visual directory is the ultimate guide to the fascinating world of cacti. The colorful photographs allow for identification and informative captions include soil, light and maintenance requirements and pest control facts for over 1200 types of cacti. A handy illustrated guide allows the reader to identity plants based on their shape and spine characteristics. Enhance your own landscape or garden with this impressive and hearty species of exotic plant life.
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cacti & Other Succulents
Author: J. Říha
Publisher: Conran Octopus
ISBN: 9780706414929
Category : Cactus
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A valuable and attractive reference book for anyone with an interest in this fascinating and ever-popular group of plants. The world-wide selection of species is very comprehensive, covering over 400 species-from the curious "living pebbles" of southern Africa, to the giants of the central American deserts. The species descriptions are accompanied by magnificent photographs, many of outstanding beauty. Succulence as a botanical adaptation is fully explained, and there is detailed information on how to grow cacti and other succulents in the home. -Jacket
Publisher: Conran Octopus
ISBN: 9780706414929
Category : Cactus
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A valuable and attractive reference book for anyone with an interest in this fascinating and ever-popular group of plants. The world-wide selection of species is very comprehensive, covering over 400 species-from the curious "living pebbles" of southern Africa, to the giants of the central American deserts. The species descriptions are accompanied by magnificent photographs, many of outstanding beauty. Succulence as a botanical adaptation is fully explained, and there is detailed information on how to grow cacti and other succulents in the home. -Jacket
Cacti and Succulents
Author: Miles Andersen
Publisher: Lorenz Books
ISBN: 9780754800286
Category : Cactus
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This handy library of full-color illustrated general reference guidebooks is becoming the short cut library of choice on a wide variety of topics. Certain categories are ideally suited for the handbook format, and here are authoritative identification guides to the most popular and useful subjects. Cheese and wine aficionados, pet lovers, motorcyclists, beer brewers and cigar smokers will delight in these attractive, definitive encyclopedias.
Publisher: Lorenz Books
ISBN: 9780754800286
Category : Cactus
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This handy library of full-color illustrated general reference guidebooks is becoming the short cut library of choice on a wide variety of topics. Certain categories are ideally suited for the handbook format, and here are authoritative identification guides to the most popular and useful subjects. Cheese and wine aficionados, pet lovers, motorcyclists, beer brewers and cigar smokers will delight in these attractive, definitive encyclopedias.
Succulents
Author: Maurizio Sajeva
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 9780881923988
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
"Includes more than 1,200 photographs of species and varieties from 195 different genera, and therefore it constitutes a unique work of reference for succulent enthusiasts and collectors." --Cover.
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 9780881923988
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
"Includes more than 1,200 photographs of species and varieties from 195 different genera, and therefore it constitutes a unique work of reference for succulent enthusiasts and collectors." --Cover.
The Gardener's Guide to Succulents
Author: Misa Matsuyama
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462921310
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 227
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 : 227
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.
Plants of the World
Author: Maarten J. M. Christenhusz
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022653670X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
Plants of the World is the first book to systematically explore every vascular plant family on earth—more than four hundred and fifty of them—organized in a modern phylogenetic order. Detailed entries for each family include descriptions, distribution, evolutionary relationships, and fascinating information on economic uses of plants and etymology of their names. All entries are also copiously illustrated in full color with more than 2,500 stunning photographs. A collaboration among three celebrated botanists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Plants of the World is authoritative, comprehensive, and beautiful. Covering everything from ferns to angiosperms, it will be an essential resource for practicing botanists, horticulturists, and nascent green thumbs alike.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022653670X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
Plants of the World is the first book to systematically explore every vascular plant family on earth—more than four hundred and fifty of them—organized in a modern phylogenetic order. Detailed entries for each family include descriptions, distribution, evolutionary relationships, and fascinating information on economic uses of plants and etymology of their names. All entries are also copiously illustrated in full color with more than 2,500 stunning photographs. A collaboration among three celebrated botanists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Plants of the World is authoritative, comprehensive, and beautiful. Covering everything from ferns to angiosperms, it will be an essential resource for practicing botanists, horticulturists, and nascent green thumbs alike.
The Complete Encyclopedia of Cacti
Author: Libor Kunte
Publisher: Booksales
ISBN: 9789036614948
Category : Cactus
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An illustrated reference that provides information on all types of cacti, including notes on care and cultivation.
Publisher: Booksales
ISBN: 9789036614948
Category : Cactus
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An illustrated reference that provides information on all types of cacti, including notes on care and cultivation.
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.
The Complete Illustrated Guide to Growing Cacti and Succulents
Author: Miles Anderson
Publisher: Southwater
ISBN: 9781780190921
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The definitive reference to identification, care and cultivation, with a directory of 400 varieties and 700 photographs.
Publisher: Southwater
ISBN: 9781780190921
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The definitive reference to identification, care and cultivation, with a directory of 400 varieties and 700 photographs.