An essential A-Z illustrated guide to more than 700 easy-to-obtain subtropicaland dry climate plants that can be grown in most regions of Europe,Australasia, and the USA, written in association with the Royal BotanicGardens, Kew.This is a unique guide to a wide range of tropical and hot-climate (also knownas Mediterranean or desert) plants. The guide is arranged in three sections: ageneral introduction to choosing, planting, and using subtropical andhotclimate plants with particular emphasis on hardiness and overwintering theplants; the second section that comprises an A-Z plant directory, in which over700 plants, listed by their botanical names, are treated to in-depth profilesand grouped as either trees, shrubs, perennials, climbers, palms and cycads,cacti and other succulents, or grasses and bamboos; a third section thatincludes plants for special uses, and a glossary. Size: 250mm - 330mm. 256 pages. There are remnants of old price label(s) on the rear cover. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumpig to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Gardening; Botany; ISBN: 192074360X. ISBN/EAN: 9781920743604. Inventory No: 52968.
An essential A-Z illustrated guide to more than 700 easy-to-obtain subtropicaland dry climate plants that can be grown in most regions of Europe,Australasia, and the USA, written in association with the Royal BotanicGardens, Kew.This is a unique guide to a wide range of tropical and hot-climate (also knownas Mediterranean or desert) plants. The guide is arranged in three sections: ageneral introduction to choosing, planting, and using subtropical andhotclimate plants with particular emphasis on hardiness and overwintering theplants; the second section that comprises an A-Z plant directory, in which over700 plants, listed by their botanical names, are treated to in-depth profilesand grouped as either trees, shrubs, perennials, climbers, palms and cycads,cacti and other succulents, or grasses and bamboos; a third section thatincludes plants for special uses, and a glossary. Size: 250mm - 330mm. 256 pages. There are remnants of old price label(s) on the rear cover. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumpig to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Gardening; Botany; ISBN: 192074360X. ISBN/EAN: 9781920743604. Inventory No: 52968.