Tropical Foliage Plants

Author : Lynn P. Griffith
Publisher : Ball Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Foliage plants
ISBN : 1883052513

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Tropical Foliage Plants by Lynn P. Griffith Pdf

Previously illustrated with black and white photographs, this reference now provides professionals with a colorful guide to the production of commercial foliage crops. Featuring updated and expanded information, including cultural changes, new technological advances, and eight new foliage crops, the guide now covers more than 70 species of foliage appropriate to commercial environments--anthuriums, bromeliads, ferns, bamboos, birds-of-paradise, and African violets. In addition to exploring each plant's natural habitat, varieties, and propagation, this reference also counsels growers on uses, nutrition, pests, disorders, interior care, and the most common problems affecting these types of foliage. Tables also list leaf analysis rating standards for nutrients for many of the crops discussed.

Author : Lynn P. Griffith
Publisher : Ball Publishing
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Foliage plants
ISBN : WISC:89063158539

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Tropical Foliage Plants by Lynn P. Griffith Pdf

Contains useful, technical information presented in a non-technical manner. This book describes eighty-two foliage species and offers information about habitat, uses, varieties, propagation, culture, nutrition, diseases, insect and mite pests, disorders, tricks, and interior care.

Author : Lynn P. Griffith
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Foliage plants
ISBN : WISC:89081344376

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Tropical Foliage Disorders by Lynn P. Griffith Pdf

This practical reference provides professional growers with the tools necessary to make in-the-field identifications of tropical foliage disorders. Listing more than 70 varieties of foliage plants, this guide covers a broad range of disorders, including pest damage, disease, phytotoxicity, and environmental problems. Each disorder listing includes a visual identification, brief description of damage, and solution for treatment, including ecologically benign applications whenever possible. Timely recognition can save a crop or landscape, and this guide is ideal for foliage growers, interior landscapers, educators, and plant retailers.

Author : Marianne Willburn
Publisher : Cool Springs Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-13
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780760368947

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Tropical Plants and How to Love Them by Marianne Willburn Pdf

Adventurous Gardener seeks relationship with Tropical Plant… Tropical plants are energizing. They awaken a tired summer garden with lush, sensuous foliage and fascinating flowers and turn a suburban patio into a sophisticated, late-night paradise. But if you garden in a temperate climate and have been reluctant to commit to what you’re sure will be too much work, it’s time to let Tropical Plants and How to Love Them author Marianne Willburn act as your tropical matchmaker. Using five relationship types to help you understand the different levels of care required for many common (and uncommon!) tropicals, Marianne introduces you to an impressive array of outstanding tropical plants by providing care instructions, easy tips for seeing these tropical beauties safely through the winter, and advice for designing a tropical paradise of your own. Tropical Plants and How to Love Them gives you permission to jump headfirst into: A summer romance that ends with the first frost. A long-term commitment to beautify indoor and outdoor spaces. A friends-with-benefits relationship that yields exotic flavors and fragrances. A breakup with that high-maintenance beauty. A best friend relationship that lasts a lifetime. From the striking red leaves of the Abyssinian banana to the unusual flowers and healing powers of turmeric, there are hundreds of tropical plants worth loving. Find your new sweetheart in the pages of Tropical Plants and How to Love Them.

Author : Byron E. Martin,Laurelynn G. Martin
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-02
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781603424653

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Growing Tasty Tropical Plants in Any Home, Anywhere by Byron E. Martin,Laurelynn G. Martin Pdf

Enjoy fresh java brewed from your own coffee beans or juice from the orange tree growing in a sunny corner of your living room. Laurelynn G. Martin and Byron E. Martin show you how to successfully plant, grow, and harvest 47 varieties of tropical fruiting plants — in any climate! This straightforward, easy-to-use guide brings papaya, passionfruit, pepper, pineapples, and more out of the tropics and into your home. With plenty of gorgeous foliage, entrancing fragrances, and luscious fruits, local food has never been more exotic.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Timber Press (OR)
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0881925853

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Tropical Flowering Plants by Anonim Pdf

This book bridges a long-standing gap between obscure references in tropical botany and the gardener's need for an accurate, practical guide. Incorporating the latest advances in plant taxonomy, the book is a rare work of scrupulous research — and magnificent photography — that will be as useful to the gardener as it is to the botanist.

Author : Marianne Willburn
Publisher : Cool Springs Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780760368954

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Tropical Plants and How to Love Them by Marianne Willburn Pdf

Adventurous Gardener seeks relationship with Tropical Plant… *As featured in The New York Times* *Winner of the GardenComm 2022 Media Awards Gold Award of Achievement in the Book Writing General Readership Category* *Winner of the GardenComm 2022 Media Awards Silver Award of Achievement in the Publisher/Book General Readership Category* Tropical plants are energizing. They awaken a tired summer garden with lush, sensuous foliage and fascinating flowers and turn a suburban patio into a sophisticated, late-night paradise. But if you garden in a temperate climate and have been reluctant to commit to what you’re sure will be too much work, it’s time to let Tropical Plants and How to Love Them author Marianne Willburn act as your tropical matchmaker. Using five relationship types to help you understand the different levels of care required for many common (and uncommon!) tropicals, Marianne introduces you to an impressive array of outstanding tropical plants by providing care instructions, easy tips for seeing these tropical beauties safely through the winter, and advice for designing a tropical paradise of your own. Tropical Plants and How to Love Them gives you permission to jump headfirst into: A summer romance that ends with the first frost. A long-term commitment to beautify indoor and outdoor spaces. A friends-with-benefits relationship that yields exotic flavors and fragrances. A breakup with that high-maintenance beauty. A best friend relationship that lasts a lifetime. From the striking red leaves of the Abyssinian banana to the unusual flowers and healing powers of turmeric, there are hundreds of tropical plants worth loving. Find your new sweetheart in the pages of Tropical Plants and How to Love Them.

Author : Nellie Neal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Plants, Ornamental
ISBN : 9781591865339

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Gardener's Guide to Tropical Plants by Nellie Neal Pdf

Now gardeners can bring an exotic flair to their gardens by introducing the color, textures, and fabulous foliage of tropical plants. Not just for hot climates anymore, bromeliads, orchids, bananas, palms, birds of paradise, elephant ears, canna, and more can bring a touch of the tropics to any garden. Gardener's can choose from more than 150 plants featured in this book, each chosen for the visual impact it adds to any landscape or container garden. Plants are organized by a range of clearly defined zones, making it easy for gardeners to find the plants that will succeed in their landscape. Author Nellie Neal explains how to best use tropical plants both indoors and out. To make this book a universally useful guide, it is organized to explain how to grow tropical plants in a wide range of clearly defined zones. Further, the book illustrates how to best use these plants in landscapes and containers, indoors and out, no matter where you live. It is a practical, user-friendly celebration of tropical plants.

Author : Ahmed Fayaz
Publisher : UNSW Press
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Tropical plants
ISBN : 1742232906

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Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants by Ahmed Fayaz Pdf

A superb reference for anyone interested in the world's tropical flora.

Author : William Warren,Luca Invernizzi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2006-02-13
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0500283419

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Tropical Garden Plants by William Warren,Luca Invernizzi Pdf

An identification reference and historical survey pairs lavish photography with comprehensive descriptions for a wide array of flowering shrubs, ornamental trees and vines, and other tropical plants, in a guide that includes coverage of varieties that are suitable for cultivation in the United States and other non-tropical areas. By the author of Balinese Gardens and The Tropical Garden. Reprint.

Author : David Harris Engel,Suchart Phummai
Publisher : Timber Press (OR)
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 088192542X

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A Field Guide to Tropical Plants of Asia by David Harris Engel,Suchart Phummai Pdf

"A Field Guide to Tropical Plants of Asia is an excellent companion for the traveler, backpacker, plant hobbyist, or botanist interested in learning about tropical plants, whether studying them in Indonesian rain forests or the glass houses of an American botanical garden. More than 300 color photos--both close-ups and habitat shots--accompany the listings and provide a key piece of the identification process.

Author : Ferdinand von Mueller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Acclimatization (Plants)
ISBN : WISC:89101348316

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Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or Naturalisation, with Indications of Their Native Countries and Some of Their Uses by Ferdinand von Mueller Pdf

Author : Monica Moran Brandies
Publisher : Sunset
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Gardening
ISBN : CORNELL:31924089478550

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Landscaping with Tropical Plants by Monica Moran Brandies Pdf

Design ideas; creative garden plans; cold-climate solutions.

Author : Mueller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UBBE:UBBE-00145101

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Select Extra-tropical Plants by Mueller Pdf

Author : B. G. M. Jamieson,J. F. Reynolds
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781483137414

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Tropical Plant Types by B. G. M. Jamieson,J. F. Reynolds Pdf

Tropical Plant Types