Plants category: 1045 books

Without plants, life as we know it could not survive. Plants provide humans and animals with air, shelter, food, and more. They harness the sun's power to supply energy to other organisms, protect and nurture environments, and yield endless resources for humans from clothes to medicine. Readers will...

Adult and child readers will learn all about plants together in this new Co-reader from National Geographic Kids. Find out how plants grow as well as the different parts of plants, seeds, and flowers.

Plants are living things that use energy to survive! In this fascinating title, readers will learn all about plants and how they adapt to their surroundings in order to survive. Through engaging photos, charts, and graphs, children will learn some of the basic and most important aspects of plant life,...

Discover the world's most remarkable plants with Emmy Award winning host of Survivor and New York Times bestselling author Jeff Probst! New from Emmy-Award winning host of Survivor and New York Times bestselling author of Stranded, Jeff Probst comes a dynamic and graphic line of trivia books!...

Danger! Watch out for these plants! Poison ivy, stinging nettles, Venus fly trap—their names alone say "watch out!" Plants can sting, prick, trap, even poison other living things. But why? Learn more about the tricky or deadly ways some plants protect themselves and capture food in this visually exciting book developed with Smithsonian Gardens.

Succulents are plants that hold water in their leaves, such as cacti, aloe, and echeveria. They have captured the hearts of crafters, decorators, and plant lovers all over the world. Always popular as an outdoor plant in warm climates, succulents have found a new popularity as a try indoor plant that's...

A garden can make or break your outdoor living environment. When you have your own home, and the rooms are decorated to perfection, and the walls are painted and the carpets installed, and the house really looks like a home, you would want your front and backyard garden to finish the overall effect....

A patch of reds and violets in the living room, foliage that just warms up the room and vines that decorate the window… these are just some of the amazing visual effects indoor gardening can bring. While it could be fun and rewarding to toiling under the sun, tilling the soil and taking out weeds,...

Plants have cultural histories, as their applications change over time and with place. Some plant species have affected human cultures in profound ways, such as the stimulants tea and coffee from the Old World, or coca and quinine from South America. Even though medicinal plants have always attracted...

 Succulents plants  As with any plant, succulents needs some certain level of care. This book is detailed on how to maintain your succulents so that they remain healthy and beautiful. It also give you tips on how to display your succulents and what equipment to use that will give you a head...

The Essential Guide for Growing Plants in Small Places! You’re about to discover How to grow beautiful container plants from the comfort of your home. Container gardening is more than just adding color and fresh oxygen to your rooms; it is convenient, portable and not very expensive. Use...

Traditional herbalists or wise women were not only good botanists or pharmacologists; they were also shamanic practitioners and keepers of occult knowledge about the powerful properties of plants. Traveling back to the healing arts of the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans, The Herbal Lore of Wise...

Plant Life of Kentucky is the first comprehensive guide to all the ferns, flowering herbs, and woody plants of the state. This long-awaited work provides identification keys for Kentucky's 2,600 native and naturalized vascular plants, with notes on wildlife/human uses, poisonous plants, and medicinal...

Plant physiology is a subdiscipline of botany concerned with the functioning, or physiology, of plants. Closely related fields include plant morphology (structure of plants), plant ecology (interactions with the environment), phytochemistry (biochemistry of plants), cell biology, genetics, biophysics...