Bryan's substantive revision to his original work provides expanded coverage of some 230 genera and a staggering number of species, varieties, and cultivars.
From the Tlingit settlements of Alaska to the Kwakiutl villages of Vancouver Island, this book presents hundreds of poles in vivid line drawing and in historical black-and-white and contemporary color photographs; it also explores the ...
Highlights the 50 easiest, most fuss-free varieties of orchids and includes tips on where to buy them and how to keep them in bloom, with each profile including a description, a full-color photo, basic growing requirements and a handy 12 ...
Explains how to incorporate the traditional features of a classic kitchen garden into a contemporary American landscape design, emphasizing the benefits of planting, nurturing, preparing, and eating fresh home-grown vegetables.
A revolutionary approach to garden design puts plants at the center of a landscape, rather than hardscape features, demonstrating how to work more effectively and confidently with different kinds of plants, explaining how to integrate ...
Offering detailed profiles of more than three hundred selected trees suited to a broad spectrum of climates, a colorful volume explains how to select the right broadleafed evergreen species--including hollies, eucalyptus, acacias, magnolias ...
An accomplished gardener and florist, Linda Beutler offers unique insights into creating inspired floral arrangements and growing the plants that go into them.
With 700 beautiful color photos, this is the definitive photographic reference to the full range of plants available to the water gardener.
This exquisite book, copiously illustrated with closeup photography, provides detailed descriptions--including trapping mechanisms, digestion, and prey--and cultivation information for key species in 17 genera and 10 families.
With so many hardy and dependable plants to choose from, no lavender enthusiast will want to be without this indispensable book.
Describing the medicinal uses of over 2,700 plants by 218 Native American tribes, the author organizes his extensive research into eighty-two categories--including contraceptives, gastrointestinal aids, sedatives, toothache remedies, and ...
Writing for the lay reader, the author surveys the history of the use of plants in medicine, the range of chemicals produced by plants, and the prospects for future discoveries. This book is only available through print on demand.
This book presents the stories of three avid field biologists who over the course of 15 years frequently traveled together in search of cacti in Bolivia, Peru, and Argentina.
Decades of firsthand study of the ethnobotanical riches of Nepal's flora and the human uses thereof, including field research in all 75 districts of Nepal.
The sight of a wild landscape covered with heathers in full bloom is breathtaking, so it is little surprise that people have found ways of introducing these rewarding plants into their gardens.
With useful lists of featured houses by style and by neighborhood, this essential resource is both an important portrait of the city and an invaluable guide to a rich chapter in the history of residential architecture in the Pacific ...
This book bridges a long-standing gap between obscure references in tropical botany and the gardener's need for an accurate, practical guide.
An introduction to outdoor container gardening offers advice and suggestions for garden design, including how to use color, form and mass, texture, line and repetition, spacing and siting, water features, and a range of containers.
A guide to growing and hybridising lilies for the serious enthusiast or the professional gardener.
In this fully updated work, Perry Slocum describes nearly 500 species and cultivars of the crowning jewels of water gardens, the waterlilies and lotuses.