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Swiss Cheese Plant Propagation

The unrivaled priatical guide to the successful propagation of all garden plants -- from trees and shrubs to culinary herbs.

Expert Guidance On The Propagation Of More Than 1,500 Plants. Whether you want to increase your plants by the easiest or most dependable methods of propagation, or experiment with more strange or innovative techniques, or use specialized proficiencies for a bestloved plant group, AHS Plant Propagation holds all the proficiencies you need in easy-to-follow, step-by-step explanations such as: What is is the best way to propogate a plant? Each entry in the A-Z section of Plant Propagation tells you, plant by plant, which method of propagation to use, when to do it, and what degree of skill each method requires. How may you improve germination of seeds? AHS Plant Propagation tells you which seeds need special treatment before sowing and how to provide the conditions to assure a good rate of germination. How long does it take to obtain a flowering plant? AHS Plant Propagation gives guidelines on the intermediate success rate for each plant, how huge a yield you may expect, and how long it must take to get a mature or flowering plant. How do you make sure cuttings won't fail? AHS Plant Propagation tells you how to take suitable cuttings from each type of plant and how to make sure they root successfully. Destined to become the usual work on the subject, AHS Plant Propagation is the practical handbook gardeners have been waiting for.

ReviewThe American Horticultural Society's Plant Propagation is one of those stuck-on-a-desert-island books. All the selective information you could ever perchance want in order to propagate nearly any plant or tree or cactus or succulent that might be growing on said desert island is to be found someplace amid the covers of this marvelous, informative book. If you're tired of buying numerous pots of costly perennials, tuck a copy of Plant Propagation beneath your arm and buy one good specimen. From that specimen, following the simple directions, make a heap of plants. It's the kind of skill that all grandmothers of a more distant generation seemed to have.

Still mixed up in regards to hypogeal and epigeal germination? Can't tell a bulbil from a cormel? The very original section covers all the basi principles of plant biology as well as the history and basic how-to of propagation. The body of the book is disunited into "Garden Trees," "Shrubs and Climbing Plants," "Perennials, Annuals and Biennials," "Cacti and Other Succulents," "Bulbous Plants," and "Vegetables." Each section begins with an overview of suitable propagation techniques: the galore styles of grafting, seed saving, taking cuttings, and bulb and root division. Individual plants within each division are addressed alphabetically. With Plant Propagation in hand, you may hybridize your own rose and name it after yourself. The text is written to an intelligent, somewhat experienced gardening reader, and the lush illustrations are exact and effective. --Schuyler Ingle

Review"Save cash and ... get started a new sparetime activity by learning step by step the best ways to propagate your favored plants ..." -- Library Journal

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188 of 189 humans found the following review helpful.
Best book on plant propagation
By Tom Krischan
Book holds 46 pages on introductory propagation methods, followed by very specific info on propagating these plant types: 44 pages on trees, 54 pages on shrubs, 64 pages on perennials, 16 pages on annuals, 20 pages on cacti, 28 pages on bulbs, and 28 pages on vegetables and herbs. In the back are a glossary, an index, and north america hardiness map. Very complete.

If you may grow it, the instructions are listed in this book.

Book holds hundreds of small, but helpful photographs that demonstrate a procedure or discern a great deal of plant anatomy.

Solid information, well worth the money!

77 of 78 persons found the following review helpful.
Holy Cow!
By April Linville
I purchased this book for my husband, but I use it more than he does! This is one of the best plant books I have ever seen. The proficiencies are easy to perceive and follow, the pictures are outstanding, and there are TONS of plants listed! This book will take you through the history of plant propagation, genetic ins and outs, and the proficiencies that you may use in your own garden. If you have a garden full of veggies, or a yard with trees, shrubs, and rose bushes, this book in truth is a ought to for you!

49 of 50 humans found the following review helpful.
This book delivers no-nonsense propagation wisdom!
By Jenni Otto (kenotto@tusco.net)
This book is a ought to for any individual fascinated in the propagation of just regarding any botanical-from herbs to vegetables to exotics. As an avid seed aggregator and gardener, this book has been indespensable and reigns as king of my botanical library!! Ideal for the professional and lay person, this book explodes with finelooking photographs. Even the half-hearted garden caretaker will dream of seed starting after studying this tome. The only thing I found missing was a chart for seed identification-but overall, this book was superb!! Kudos to the American Horticultural society for such much-needed knowledge! Even Sir Joseph Banks would be proud of this one!!

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