Category: Plants & Flowers
Fleur McHarg has cultivated a lifelong obsession with flowers, their colors, shapes and, uses. Guided by the wisdom of Constance Spry, the trailblazing twentieth- century florist, McHarg believes in letting flowers be the stars of the show by working with the natural shape of a flower or branch.With mor ...Show more
Category: Plants & Flowers
Root to Bloom equips readers with the knowledge and tools to grow, eat and celebrate every edible part of the plant (just as the nose-to-tail movement has recast people's understanding and appreciate of meat). The book will explore the lesser-used parts of a plant that are often snubbed in favour o ...Show more
Category: Plants & Flowers
Discover the extraordinary diversity of the plant world - and how plants work - with this photographic celebration of the trees, flowers, and foliage plants that share our planet. From tiny mosses and delicate ferns to vibrant blooms and stately palms, Florainvites you to explore the plant kingdom from ...Show more
Category: Plants & Flowers
This concise edition makes it even easier to choose Australian native plants for your garden.This concise edition of the phenomenally successful Australian Native Plants (now in its fifth edition) makes it even easier to choose Australian native plants for your garden. It includes: more than 1500 specie ...Show more
Category: Plants & Flowers
In this little book of horrors, Chris Thorogood reveals the weird, the wonky, and the sinister specimens he has encountered during his travels in the wide world of plants. Far from passively absorbing the sun's rays, these plants kill, steal and kidnap, making them dynamic participants in the ecosystems ...Show more
Category: Plants & Flowers
The top 50 indoor houseplants for Australia and New Zealand - what's best and how to keep them alive. Bring the outdoors in and breathe new life to your home with plants! House plants are well and truly back on trend - they instantly lift an area, make a room feel fresh and welcoming, and brighten your ...Show more
Category: Plants & Flowers
This is the complete guide to mushrooms - a photographic A-Z of types and 100 original recipes. It offers expert guidance on identifying, picking and using mushrooms - a visual field reference and recipe collection. It includes all the most popular mushroom varieties, with information on habitat and sea ...Show more
Category: Plants & Flowers | Series: Botanical Ser.
Could a book by any other name smell as sweet? Absolutely not. The rose is the world's favorite flower--and always has been. It is our greatest floral symbol of love and romance, and it is a bloom that touches our hearts as the flower most often chosen to celebrate significant milestones--weddings, anni ...Show more
Category: Plants & Flowers
Australian Forest Woodsdescribes about 130 of the most significant Australian forest trees and their wood. The introductory sections introduce the reader to the uniqueness and usefulness of forest trees. The book examines the forest tree species and their wood with photographs, botanical descriptions an ...Show more
Category: Plants & Flowers
Plants propagate themselves naturally in the wild, using all kinds of ingenious techniques. This practical book explains the most effective techniques for propagating hundreds of different types of plants. The book begins with growing plants from seed, covering everything from lettuces and chillies to s ...Show more
Category: Plants & Flowers
Peony features growing advice for one of the most beautiful and popular flowering plants. You'll learn the history of the plant, discover the different types of peonies available, and enjoy profiles of the best 194 varieties. Growing information includes details on climate, soil, light, planting, and wa ...Show more
Category: Plants & Flowers | Series: Botanical Ser. | Reading Level: General Adult
Cacti are full of contradictions. Although many are found in the driest and most barren environments on earth, some grow exclusively in the branches of the rainforest canopy. Many species bristle with ferocious-looking spines, while other varieties are perfectly smooth. And while they might strike us as ...Show more
