How to propagate 375 plants
Subtitle: a practical guide to propagating your own flowers, foliage plants, trees, shrubs, clibers, dry-loving plants, bog and water plants, vegetables and herbs
By: Richard Rosenfeld ; photography by Peter Anderson
Contributors: Anderson, Peter (Photographer), photographer
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780754834410
Subjects: Plant propagation; Gardening
Other titles: How to propagate three-hundred seventy-five plants
Description: Plants propagate themselves naturally in the wild, using all kinds of ingenious techniques. This practical book explains the most effective techniques for propagating hundreds of different types of plants. The book begins with growing plants from seed, covering everything from lettuces and chillies to sunflowers and sweet peas. Next, there are instructions on taking cuttings from established plants to give you exact copies of the parent plant at minimal cost. Dividing plants, layering and grafting methods follow and all are explained with step-by-step instructions and photographs. The directory of 375 plants includes growing tips for each species.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: DIY propagation; title: Seed propagation; title: Cuttings; title: Division; title: Propagating bulbs, tubers and corms; title: Layering; title: Grafting; title: Directory of plants for propagating.