Making more plants
Subtitle: the science, art, and joy of propagation
By: Ken Druse
Publisher: Stewart Tabori & Chang
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781584799603
Subjects: Plant propagation; Natural landscaping
Description: For people who love gardens, propagation - the practice of growing whatever you want, whenever you want - is gardening itself. In this paperback reissue of the successful book Making More Plants, Druse, one of America's foremost gardening authorities, presents innovative, practical techniques for expanding any plant collection, along with more than 500 photographs. Based on years of personal research, this is a practical manual as well as a beautiful garden book, presenting procedures Ken Druse has tested and adapted, as well as photographed step by step.
Notes: "Original hardcover published in 2000 by Clarkson/Potter Publishers"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (page 251) and index.
Table of contents: title: The botany of propagation; title: Why sow?; title: Hunting and gathering; title: Conditioning; title: Sowing; title: Vegetative reproduction; title: Cuttings; title: Leaves; title: Layering; title: Grafting; title: Division; title: Geophytes; title: Roots; title: Plant propagation guide; title: Common name cross-reference.