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A Natural History of Ferns (2214 readers)

Contributed by amazon 29.03 2007 on 11:27:23 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

A Natural History of Ferns is an entertaining and informative look at why ferns and their relatives are unique among plants. Ferns live in habitats from the tropics to polar latitudes, and unlike seed plants, which endow each seed with the resources to help their offspring, ferns reproduce by minute spores. ...

Garden Ferns (633 readers)

Contributed by amazon 20.05 2007 on 19:42:55 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

The Plantfinders Guide to Garden Ferns shows just how easily ferns can be grown in almost every garden. Martin Rickards infectious enthusiasm shines through in his lucid text and will persuade every gardener that ferns are what their garden needs most. ...

Ferns for American Gardens (677 readers)

Contributed by amazon 10.04 2007 on 10:44:22 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Timber Press is proud to add John Mickels classic Ferns for American Gardens to its catalog. Unusual in its specific focus on cold-hardy ferns, the volume is based on Mickels personal experience as a scientist and curator of ferns at the New York Botanical Garden as well as his years as a home gardener. The bulk of the book is an encyclopedic treatment of more than 400 kinds of ferns with 360 color photos in addition to numerous black and white images. Useful appendices, including updated source ...

Encyclopedia of Garden Ferns (875 readers)

Contributed by amazon 01.04 2007 on 10:31:24 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Gardeners who seek an up-to-date, authoritative guide to the wealth of garden-worthy ferns available today will find none better than Sue Olsen. Drawing from four decades of experience as a fern specialist, Olsen leads the reader through every genus with horticultural merit, focusing primarily on the temperate species but also including tropical ones. The remarkably comprehensive plant directory presents succinct descriptions for nearly 1000 ferns and fern allies from Acrostichum to Woodwardia, ...

Tree Ferns (741 readers)

Contributed by amazon 10.04 2007 on 10:41:34 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Tree ferns in the landscape command the attention of both devoted gardeners and casual passersby. Their stately form resembles that of the palm tree and evokes a feeling of the quintessentially exotic. This volume is the source for information on the living tree ferns. It surveys families, genera, and species, including those suitable for the home garden. It offers up-to-date taxonomy and detailed descriptions as well as in-depth coverage of everything from tree fern use to conservation. In reco ...

Fern Grower's Manual (939 readers)

Contributed by amazon 29.03 2007 on 11:32:45 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Ferns have graced our planet for hundreds of millions of years. With about 12,000 named species of ferns worldwide, the variety to be found among them is staggering in its array of forms, textures, and even colors. From towering tree ferns to tiny water clovers, ferns and fern allies offer a wide range of uses in the garden and home. ...

Gardening With Ferns (495 readers)

Contributed by amazon 20.05 2007 on 19:46:11 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Guidance for a variety of fern projects | Comprehensive A-Z section covering the most garden-worthy species | Written by a leading authority in the world of ferns The variety of fern species available today has made them an integral part of garden design. This book will inspire amateur gardeners and enthusiasts to undertake more in-depth garden projects utilizing ferns, from including them in a mixed border, creating a natural dry-stone habitat, and bringing the Antipodean rainforest to the door ...

Athyrium filix-femina - Lady Fern (1103 readers)

Contributed by amazon 20.05 2007 on 19:37:14 Topic: Plants / Ferns Match on Article's text

Versatile, carefree. Fills shady, moist areas where other plants fail. Lacy fronts up to 30 long and 12-24 wide. Superb in cutting. Lady Ferns bring elegance to any shady spot all summer long. Ferns thrive in places where nothing else will grow and bring the beauty of forest glens to your landscape. #1 field-grown plant. Deer tend to avoid. ...

Dryopteris filix mas - Common Male Fern (964 readers)

Contributed by abies 15.02 2008 on 10:59:06 Topic: Plants / Ferns Match on Article's text

Dryopteris filix-mas (Common Male Fern or Male Fern) is one of the most common ferns of the temperate Northern Hemisphere. It is deciduous or semi-evergreen and can grow to 1.2 metres in height and 1metre in diameter. ...

Nephrolepis cordifolia 'Duffii' - Erect Sword Fern (745 readers)

Contributed by amazon 25.01 2008 on 09:09:05 Topic: Plants / Ferns Match on Article's text

This great little fern does well in a wide range of conditions but best of all is that it is compact in size and is one of the few ferns that fairs well with neglect and does extremely well in wet habitats. It stays under 12 tall and sends creeping runners which sprout new plantlets. When it is actively growing it has a very subtle, but clear lemon scent. It is an excellent house plant! ...

The Subtropical Garden (553 readers)

Contributed by amazon 07.05 2007 on 11:44:31 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

A tempting selection of palms, bamboos, shrubs, foliage plants, perennials, orchids, and ferns suitable for gardeners in USDA zones 9 and 10---or adventurous souls in colder areas who want to garden on the edge---or for use in containers for overwintering indoors. ...

A Gardener's Guide to Florida's Native Plants (1659 readers)

Contributed by amazon 28.03 2007 on 21:09:22 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Abundantly illustrated in full color, this guide provides detailed descriptions and methods of cultivation for 350 of Floridas most attractive and easily grown native plants, including ferns, wildflowers, shrubs, trees, vines, aquatics, and epiphytes (air plants). ...

Asplenium scolopendrium 'Angustifolia' - hart´s tongue fern (547 readers)

Contributed by havlis 27.03 2008 on 16:34:18 Topic: Plants / Ferns Match on Article's text

Angustifolia is a variety of hart’s tongue fern. It is a hardy fern with entire edge. In fact, the edges on this variety are serrated or curled and the leaves are narrower compared to the species. ...

Tropical Foliage Plants (477 readers)

Contributed by amazon 18.07 2007 on 10:09:21 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

A Growers Guide | Previously illustrated with black and white photographs, this reference now provides professionals with a colorful guide to the production of commercial foliage crops. Featuring updated and expanded information, including cultural changes, new technological advances, and eight new foliage crops, the guide now covers more than 70 species of foliage appropriate to commercial environments—anthuriums, bromeliads, ferns, bamboos, birds-of-paradise, and African violets. In addition t ...

Houseplants From A to Z (388 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.11 2007 on 13:25:12 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

This heavily illustrated handbook shows and tells plant lovers virtually everything they need to know in order to maintain house plants that bring life and color to indoor spaces. Here are single-page profiles of approximately 200 house plants, some especially desirable for their beautiful and often unusual foliage, and others for their resplendent flowers. Each profile includes a vivid color photo, information on potting, watering, feeding, required sunlight, fertilizing, pruning, and propagati ...

Landscaping with Native Plants of Wisconsin (534 readers)

Contributed by amazon 09.07 2007 on 10:54:51 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Aimed at beginners and veteran gardeners alike, this book is designed to help Wisconsin gardeners find, plant, and maintain the best native species for their specific sites, however modest or lavish. Gardening with native plants is an ever-more popular practice—and for good reason. Naturally suited to a region’s climate and soil, native plants tend to thrive, and to reflect a true “fit” with the environment. ...

Hot Plants for Cool Climates (914 readers)

Contributed by amazon 13.04 2007 on 08:53:09 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Gardening with Tropical Plants in Temperate Zones | The most exciting new trend in garden design is the lush look of the tropics -- no matter where you live! If, like so many gardeners, youre a little bored with pastel flowers and rigid borders, welcome to the jungly garden, where the plants have huge shiny leaves, boldly colored foliage, ferny textures, and flame-colored flowers. Now that garden centers and nurseries are stocking banana plants, elephant ears, giant ferns, and Amazon lilies, you ...

Tropical Plants for Home and Garden (654 readers)

Contributed by amazon 07.05 2007 on 11:55:55 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

A stunningly beautiful presentation of flowers and plants native to tropical regions of the world. — Phoenix Home & Garden With sections on flowering shrubs and annuals, foliage plants, ornamental trees, ornamental vines and creepers, palms, exotics, water plants, ground covers, ferns, and orchids, Tropical Plants serves as a guide, an aid to identification, and a historical survey. Each segment contains beautifully illustrated photographs of each plant accompanied by comprehensive descript ...

Flora (941 readers)

Contributed by amazon 04.04 2007 on 10:18:26 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

A Gardeners Encyclopedia | This comprehensive, beautifully illustrated encyclopedia of plants contains information on more than 20,000 plants from all around the world. Organized in an A-Z format by botanical name, the individual entries provide a detailed description of each plant and its features, including notes on origin, cultivation requirements, growth habit, propagation, and pests and diseases. ...

Christopher Lloyd's Garden Flowers (790 readers)

Contributed by amazon 09.04 2007 on 19:12:05 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Perennials, Bulbs, Grasses, Ferns | Christopher Lloyd knows perennials as well as anyone else alive. Now available in paperback, this book represents the fruit of Lloyds lifetime study of perennials. Genus by genus, he sets down everything he has learned, thought, seen, tried, liked, or regretted about them, individually or in combination. He is formidably knowledgeable, iconoclastic, opinionated, and always entertaining. Here, meticulously recorded, are his expert opinions about numerous variet ...