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Can beer make plants grow? How about buttermilk? Is it true about planting trees in deep holes? And how about chasing insects with hot sauce and stopping slugs with eggshells? This title assesses historic advice and reveals the how and why - and sometimes why not - for more than 100 common and uncommon gardening practices.

Describes and illustrates major plant structures that can be seen with the naked eye or a hand lens. This book focuses on how plants grow. It includes information on plant morphology, more than 1000 line drawings, and various photographs. It is intended for students of botany and horticulture, enthusiastic gardeners and amateur naturalists.

A comprehensive guide to identifying and cultivating carnivorous plants. This book includes explanations of the diverse mechanisms the plants use to trap their victims. It helps readers select the best plants to grow on a windowsill, in a terrarium or greenhouse, and includes information on how to feed carnivorous plants.

More than 200 color photos have been added to this revised edition, showing perennials in various border situations and providing images for each of the entries in the A-Z encyclopedia. It also includes a new 32-page journal section with room for gardeners to enter details, notes, and observations.

Striking, mysterious, sinister, and strange all describe the singular appeal of plants with black (or near-black) foliage, flowers, or fruit. This title profiles 75 of the most alluring black annuals, perennials, bulbs, and shrubs.

There are around 1400 species of bamboo spread throughout the world's temperate, tropical, and subtropical regions. This title covers 35 genera of bamboos in cultivation and describes more than 300 species and cultivars. It lists the plant's maximum height, maximum culm diameter, light requirements, and minimum temperature tolerated.

World traveler Dan Hinkley offers a truly unique combination of experience and as he describes and illustrates the most interesting perennials he has encountered while hunting plants in the wild, all of which are grown at his nursery.

This ed. originally published in hardcover in 2004.

The author, a renowned landscape architect and horticulturist, provides valuable insight into themajor components of garden design, from grading the land to building water features or terraces to choosing the right perennials for a shady corner of the garden. This is a black-and-white edition.

Written for gardeners who are passionate about plants of all kinds, this handbook provides not only inspiration but information on design and connoisseur plants--all from original research dating back to the author's degree in horticulture. Photos.

Gardening with Shape, Line and Texture" bridges the gap between garden design books and plant reference encyclopedias. Leading landscaper Linden Hawthorne looks at plants from a designer's perspective (where color is often a secondary consideration) and emphasizes the important roles of plant shape. Part One reviews fine art principles and shows how they can be successfully applied to plant compositions by grouping plants into three heights: g...

Plants that trap and eat animals have inspired awe since before the days of Darwin. This title provides comprehensive listing of some 630 known carnivorous plant species, described in detail, with identification history, physiology, ecology, and a bibliography. It is a suitable reference for hobbyist, naturalist, and collector alike.

Offers an account of plants and mushrooms used for poison darts, traditional medicine, ceremonial and spiritual purposes, and recreational drugs. In addition to exploring plants that are ingested, this work also treats plants that cause irritation and inflammation of the skin and mucous membranes.

Two gardening gurus provide information on 300 plants that can be used in ponds and wet soils, from the widely popular waterlilies and lotuses to the often-overlooked submerged, floating, and bog plants.

How to grow citrus plants in gardens, sunrooms and conservatories, with colour photos throughout.

What happens inside a seed after it is planted? How do plants reproduce and grow? What roles do minerals, air, and light play in the life of a play? Still the most complete, compact, accessible introduction to the world of botany, this third edition includes dazzling electron microscope photos and even more amazing facts about plants. From plant anatomy to basic genetics, this marvelous book explains the science of plants in plain language any...

Although the focus is on herbs as ornamentals in a variety of garden settings, from formal to wild, this is an encyclopedia of herbs, including more than 600 species and cultivars. It offers information on cultivation, folklore and history, and culinary uses.