Plants for Tropical Landscapes
Plants for Tropical Landscapes

Author: Fred D. Rauch

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Published: 2000-08-01

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 9780824820343

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Carefully selected plants add color, character, and charm to a wide variety of outdoor settings, providing much enjoyment and increasing the value of your home. Plants for Tropical Landscapes will help you select and group plants to create a successful tropical garden tailored to your needs and tastes. Gardeners and landscapers will find this treasury of more than 500 common plants easy to use and one of the most comprehensive guides available today. Plants are organized by size (ground covers, low shrubs, medium shrubs, small trees) and are fully illustrated with more than 700 color photographs to aid in their identification. The book presents guidelines on plant characteristics, soil and water requirements, and suggested landscape use for each species. In addition, appendices list plants suitable for special uses (xeriscapes, windbreaks, night gardens) and sites (beach gardens, lanai, and houseplants).

Hot Plants for Cool Climates
Hot Plants for Cool Climates

Author: Susan A. Roth

Publisher: Timber Press

Published: 2005-07-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780881927191

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Passionate gardeners in cooler climates struggle year after year to overwinter their gorgeous tropical plants. Our new paperback edition is the answer to their problem — practical advice for achieving the tropical look in a temperate garden. The authors, who both live and garden on Long Island, New York, reveal the secrets to creating a lush, flamboyant landscape. Separate chapters cover such topics as principles of design and maintenance, proper plant selection, container gardening, and overwintering. Fantastic color photography throughout will inspire gardeners in even the hardiest zones. With the help of this book, an impressive tropical garden is within any gardener's reach.

500 Best USA Vacations
500 Best USA Vacations

Author: R. Alan Fox

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 9780964421646

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Choose from budget to expensive, one day to one month, laid-back to hair-raising.

Top 100 Exotic Food Plants
Top 100 Exotic Food Plants

Author: Ernest Small

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2011-08-23

Total Pages: 691

ISBN-13: 1439856885

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Many edible plants considered exotic in the Western world are actually quite mainstream in other cultures. While some of these plants are only encountered in ethnic food markets or during travels to foreign lands, many are now finding their way onto supermarket shelves. Top 100 Exotic Food Plants provides comprehensive coverage of tropical and semi

Identify Common Tropical and Subtropical Ornamental Plants by Flower Colour
Identify Common Tropical and Subtropical Ornamental Plants by Flower Colour

Author: Katharina Kreissig

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-05-09

Total Pages: 111

ISBN-13: 366258817X

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This book is a practical, compact guide for the identification of common tropical and subtropical ornamental plants by flower colour. It is intended for anyone who is interested in plants and would like to get to know the attractive flowering plants of warm regions while travelling. Certainly everyone in a foreign country has at some point admired a particularly exotic flower and wished to know which plant it is. With appealing photos and comprehensible texts, this book provides the answer - quickly and easily. The author is an experienced tour guide and is regularly asked for eye-catching, ornamental plants on the way. She photographed the frequently requested plants and arranged them according to colour in this nature guide. This book is also suitable for beginners without previous botanical knowledge due to its illustrations and simple sorting.

The Miracle Tree
The Miracle Tree

Author: Manuel C. Palada

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2019-09-11

Total Pages: 659

ISBN-13: 1796044539

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For thousands of years, moringa (Moringa oleifera) has been used as a food crop and as a medicinal plant. Almost all of moringa’s plant parts have multiple uses, particularly the leaves and seed pods, which are highly nutritious. During the past several decades, more attention has focused on exploring and expanding the multiple uses and benefits of this miracle tree. Advances in research and development are rapidly progressing in the areas of botany and germplasm improvement, agronomy, nutrition, natural medicine, and its commercialization by the food and cosmetics industry. Recent developments are not only focusing on using moringa as a food crop, but also as an industrial commodity, with applications such as water clarification, livestock feed, and biofuel. This book presents much information collected from various sources including field research studies conducted by organizations involved in developing and promoting moringa as one of the most useful plants, articles written by individuals with experience and knowledge about moringa, as well as other books and publications cited in this present edition.

Tropical Ornamentals
Tropical Ornamentals

Author: W. Arthur Whistler

Publisher: Timber Press (OR)

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780881924480

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"Tropical Ornamentals: A Guide covers more than 400 of the plants most frequently encountered in gardens of the tropics. The accurate descriptions and more than 450 color photographs make it ideal for identifying ornamental plants grown in the tropics and sub-tropics, and often in temperate climates. Each description includes information on propagation methods and ideal growing conditions, making it useful for gardeners in determining how and where to cultivate the plants."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved