Plant Life category: 1095 books
by Richard Milne
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Has ever a plant inspired such love and such hatred as the rhododendron? Its beauty is inarguable; it can clothe whole hillsides and gardens with a blanket of vibrant color. The rhododendron has a propensity towards sexual infidelity, making it very popular with horticultural breeding programs. And...
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...
How to Make a Plant Love You
Cultivate Green Space in Your Home and Heart
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2019
Summer Rayne Oakes, an urban houseplant expert and environmental scientist, is the icon of wellness-minded millennials who want to bring nature indoors, according to a New York Times profile. Summer has managed to grow 1,000 houseplants in her Brooklyn apartment (and they're thriving!) Her secret?...
by Alfred Richardson
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
Many visitors to Texas beaches see only the sands between the surf and the first low dunes. Because few plants grow there, it's easy to get the impression that Texas beaches consist mostly of barren sand—while just the opposite is true. Beyond the dunes grow an amazing variety and abundance of native...
Jewels of the Plains
Wildflowers of the Great Plains Grasslands and Hills
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2015
From Abronia to Zinnia, Jewels of the Plains describes the natural history and garden merits of more than five hundred Great Plains wildflowers. Considered the authoritative guide by native plant enthusiasts and horticulturists, it captures the unique beauty, resilience, and variety of wildflowers...
Foraging
Over 30 Tasty Recipes to Turn Your Foraged Finds into Feasts
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Foraged delicacies have become the latest foodie obsession. Wild edibles collected by professional foragers are proliferating on the plates of top-tier restaurants because they offer novel and ultra-fresh sensations for the tongue, and they frequently taste more flavorful than farmed foods. For people...
Plant Dreaming Deep
A Journal
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
The author’s tribute to the 18th-century New England farmhouse she called home: “[A] tender and often poignant book by a woman of many insights” (The New York Times Book Review).
In Plant Dreaming Deep, Sarton shares an intensely personal account of transforming a house into a home. She...
The Triumph of Seeds
How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
As seen on PBS's American Spring LIVE, the award-winning author of Buzz and Feathers presents a natural and human history of seeds, the marvels of the plant kingdom
"The genius of Hanson's fascinating, inspiring, and entertaining book stems from the fact that it is not about how all kinds of...
by John Manning
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2019
This fully updated edition of Field Guide to Wild Flowers of South Africa covers more than 1,100 species of flora, focusing on the most common, conspicuous and ‘showy’ plants around the region. An informative introduction discusses plant diversity, vegetation types, and includes a key to identifying...
Garden Flora
The Natural and Cultural History of the Plants In Your Garden
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2016
“A beautifully illustrated reference book covers the origins, ecology and history of popular garden plants.” —Shelf Awareness
The oldest rose fossil was found in Colorado and dates to 35 million years ago. Marigolds, infamous for their ability to self-seed, are named for an Etruscan god...
by Dan Crowley, Matt Parratt
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2018
Get back to nature with this easy to use guide to Britain's greenery.
From the experts at Westonbirt Arboretum in the depths of the Cotswolds, with one of the most beautiful gardens in the world, comes this beautiful pocket guide covering 100 popular wild plants and flowers.
Categorised...
Dyeing Wool
The Handbook of Natural Plant Dyes, Plant Dyes
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
The complete guide to making and using dyeing wool, natural plant dyes, plant dyes, natural dyes.
Plant Biotechnology and Genetics
Principles, Techniques, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
Focused on basics and processes, this textbook teaches plant biology and agriculture applications with summary and discussion questions in each chapter.
Updates each chapter to reflect advances / changes since the first edition, for example: new biotechnology tools and advances, genomics and...
by Horst Marschner
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2011
An understanding of the mineral nutrition of plants is of fundamental importance in both basic and applied plant sciences. The Third Edition of this book retains the aim of the first in presenting the principles of mineral nutrition in the light of current advances.
This volume retains the...