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222 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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A bountiful garden is easy to create, and gardeners can save big by choosing plants that grow quickly and spread vigorously. The fragrant stems and dusty-blue flower spikes of anise hyssop will pop up throughout the garden when the plant goes to seed. A cascade of golden Japanese forest grass is a fast but well-contained spreader. And when you add frost-tender plants to the mix, you'll open the door to an even wider world of possibilities. This...
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128 pages : illustrations, color ; 29 cm
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English
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In the wild, plants propagate themselves naturally, using all kinds of ingenious techniques. Different plants use their own clever methods; for example, crack willows send snapped-off twigs flying through the air to root in muddy ground, and goosegrass is covered with sticky seed heads that latch on to passing animals. Once you discover how plants reproduce themselves naturally, you can use the same techniques to make copies of your own plants at...
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viii, 311 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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English
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A full-color resource explains how to gather, clean, and store seeds for three hundred different kinds of vegetables, fruits, herbs, flowers, trees, and shrubs, as well as how to propagate and care for new seedlings.
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255 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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In this beginner-friendly introduction to plant propagation, Halleck details the basic tools necessary, demystifies seed starting and saving, and shares easy-to-follow instructions for the most practical techniques for cutting, layering, dividing, and more. She also provides information on controlling pests and diseases, and transplanting seedlings and cuttings. -- adapted from Amazon.com info
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303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"At a time when much American fare tended to be bland, Fairchild believed in the free exchange of food plants -- preferably colorful, tasty ones -- among people around the world. He convinced the U.S. Department of Agriculture to sponsor daring overseas explorations to track down and bring back foreign cultivars. Fairchild traveled to remote corners of the globe, searching for fruits, vegetables, and grains that would transform the American diet....
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