Growing Plumeria in Hawaiʻi

Growing Plumeria in Hawaiʻi

Author: Jim Little

Publisher: Mutual Publishing

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781566477727

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"Over thirty years of research, discovery, and experimentation are presented in this reference guide essential for plumeria enthusiasts interested in growing its trees. Information about different types of plumeria, asexual propagation, rooting and media structures, cultivation, pest and weed control, hybridization, cross-pollination, collecting, and tips on plumeria care are discussed. Special diagrams and full-color images included"--Provided by publisher.


How to Grow Plumeria - Frangipani Anytime Anywhere

How to Grow Plumeria - Frangipani Anytime Anywhere

Author: Bob Walsh

Publisher:

Published: 2011-02-16

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 9781456439668

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How To Grow Plumeria - Frangipani Anytime Anywhere is a step-by-step illustrated guide on how to grow plumerias, frangipani, anytime anywhere from Anchorage, Alaska to Auckland, New Zealand and from Bali, Indonesia to Berlin Germany. This easy-to-read, easy-to-follow unique gardening book simplifies the rooting and planting methods for plumerias and other tropical plants. New and seasoned gardeners alike are given everything they need with pictures and descriptions to successfully grow plumerias year round indoors and outdoors. Bob Walsh, the author, shares with the reader his tried and tested methods which he uses in successfully growing plumerias and other tropical plants year round in his home in zone 5 in Chicago, USA, for the past 10-plus years. This guide is so current that it even provides tropical plant and plumeria gardeners with the newest revolutionary rooting method that not only creates the opportunity for year round gardening, but also accelerates the plumeria root growing process for faster development. For every gardener who dreams of creating his/her own tropical garden of paradise, this book is a must read.


Growing Native Hawaiian Plants

Growing Native Hawaiian Plants

Author: Heidi Leianuenue Bornhorst

Publisher: Bess Press

Published: 2005-04

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 9781573062077

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Detailed instructions for growing native Hawaiian plants from cuttings or seeds, air-layering, grafting, watering, xeriscaping, transplanting, etc., and basic landscape maintenance. Also explains the plants' importance in Hawaiian culture.


Growing Hawaii's Native Plants

Growing Hawaii's Native Plants

Author: Kerin E. Lilleeng-Rosenberger

Publisher:

Published: 2016-12

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13: 9781939487711

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This book is a comprehensive guide to propagating native Hawaiian plants. Using a clear easy-to-read format, Growing Hawaii's Native Plants contains an extensive, thoroughly researched entry for each of the 1,191 true existing native Hawaiian species. For each entry there is a species description information on provenance, growing methods, germination rates, pest and disease control, and most importantly, directions for out planting. This book is a one-stop reference work for scientists and nursery owners, conservationists and backyard gardeners alike. Tropical gardeners and conservationists around the world will also find this volume a valuable addition to the comparatively small literature on tropical plant propagation and conservation. Included are more than 400 high-quality color images and a foreword by renowned botanist Sir Ghillean Prance, former director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew and current scientific director of the Eden Project.


Plants and Flowers of Hawai'i

Plants and Flowers of Hawai'i

Author: S. H. Sohmer

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Published: 1987-01-01

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 9780824810962

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The Hawaiian islands, isolated by thousands of miles of ocean for millions of years, posses a unique assemblage of native flowers and plants. This text describes more than 130 indigenous and endemic species of Hawaiian plants, their characteristics and habitats, and how they came to be. The photographs aim to provide an easy and accurate means of recognizing a given plant and serve as a permanent record of the Hawaiian islands' fast-disappearing native flora.


Plants of Old Hawaii

Plants of Old Hawaii

Author: Lois Lucas

Publisher: Bess Press

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 9780935848113

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An introduction to 20 plants of the Ancient Hawaiians. Includes illustrations, uses, proverbs, and poems.