Plants category: 1045 books
Native Plants of the Midwest
A Comprehensive Guide to the Best 500 Species for the Garden
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2016
Native Plants of the Midwest, by regional plant expert Alan Branhagan, features the best native plants in the heartland and offers clear and concise guidance on how to use them in the garden. Plant profiles for more than 500 species of trees, shrubs, vines, perennials, ground covers, bulbs, and annuals...
by Charles Robert Darwin
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2016
Carnivorous plants are plants which get nutrients from trapping and eating animals. They are often called insectivorous plants, because they usually trap insects. Since they get some of their food from animals, carnivorous plants can grow in places where the soil is thin, or poor in nutrients. This...
by Peter J. van der Linden, Donald R. Farrar
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Shrubs and vines, often literally overshadowed by trees, also receive much less attention than their taller neighbors, and yet they are very important elements of the region’s natural landscape. A guide to these interesting and useful plants, this book identifies all 150 shrubs and vines native...
Plants of the Chesapeake Bay
A Guide to Wildflowers, Grasses, Aquatic Vegetation, Trees, Shrubs, and Other Flora
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2012
Buttonbush. Hercules' Club. Panic Grass. Tearthumb. Beach Spurge. Sea Rocket. Ladies' Tresses. These name a few of the wild and wonderful plants found in this quick reference guide to plants of the Chesapeake Bay.
Written by wetland scientists with decades of experience in the Bay's waterways,...
by Alfred Richardson
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010
The Rio Grande Delta is fabulously rich in wildflowers and other plant life. Lying in the geographically and environmentally diverse region common to southern Texas and northern Mexico, it supports plants that also grow in Central America and throughout Mexico, the Gulf Coastal plains, the South Texas...
by Lizzy Rockwell
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2014
Sink your teeth into the plants that feed the world—flowers, fruits, seeds, and all!
With its simple text and bright, appealing illustrations, this book is perfect for young readers learning about where their food comes from.
Clearly-labeled diagrams show the different parts of plants...
by Nigel Colborn
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2014
Plant Solutions is a brand new contemporary problem-solving guide to finding the right plant for the right place in your garden. Packed with plant suggestions, cultivation notes and companion ideas, Plant Solutions helps you create a suitable and successful planting scheme by finding plants to suit...
by N. K. Jain
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
Plants are considered poisonous if they contain toxic substances in sufficient amounts to harm livestock. Depending on the type of poison, and the amount eaten, an animal’s reaction can range from reduced performance to death. Plants are not easily classified as poisonous or not. Some poisonous...
A Tapestry Garden
The Art of Weaving Plants and Place
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2018
“This is a love story about a couple and their relationship with an acre-and-a-half of land. . . with exceptional plant descriptions that read like character references for old friends. . . . beautiful photographs and prose await.” —Library Journal
Marietta and Ernie O’Byrne’s garden—situated...
Prickly Pear
A Social History Of A Plant In The Eastern Cape
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
While there are many studies of the global influence of crops and plants, this is perhaps the first social history based around a plant in South Africa. Plants are not quite historical actors in their own right, but their properties and potential help to shape human history. Plants such as prickly...
by Baby Professor
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017
Did you know that some plants eat special food? Sunlight is not enough for them and they lack the capacity to create their own food. That is why they prey on insects. They have a unique scent that attracts their small prey so they just sit and wait until they can gobble something up! Should you be afraid of these carnivorous plants too?
Wicked Plants
The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2009
A tree that sheds poison daggers; a glistening red seed that stops the heart; a shrub that causes paralysis; a vine that strangles; and a leaf that triggered a war. In Wicked Plants, Stewart takes on over two hundred of Mother Nature’s most appalling creations. It’s an A to Z of plants that kill,...
Mini Farming
How to Create a Sustainable Organic Garden in Your Backyard You Can Be Proud Of
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
Save Space & Save Time
Do you want a successful garden or mini farm in your backyard? Do you not know where to start to create a sustainable organic garden? Do you worry that your garden won’t be something to be proud of?
A sustainable organic garden...
by Jim Meuninck
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
A richly photographed and information-packed tool for the novice or handy reference for the veteran, Basic Illustrated Poisonous and Harmful Plants distills years of knowledge into an affordable visual guide. Whether planning a trip or thumbing for facts in the field, with this updated guide you'll...