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Creative Propagation » (REV)

Book cover image of Creative Propagation by Peter Thompson

Authors: Peter Thompson, Josie Owen (Illustrator), Owen Josie
ISBN-13: 9780881926811, ISBN-10: 0881926817
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
Date Published: February 2005
Edition: REV

Author Biography: Peter Thompson

Dr. Peter Thompson is a distinguished plantsman, with a background in plant physiology. He has founded a gardening school in Shropshire, England, owned and run Oldfield Nurseries, and headed the Physiology section at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, where he established a Seed Bank for useful, threatened, or otherwise important species and populations of wild plants. He lives in the UK.

Book Synopsis

A classic among practical gardening guides, this reference has been thoroughly revised and updated, making it even more valuable to gardeners. This thorough, handy text will show you how to enjoy the benefits and rewards of making more plants.

Jan Hale Barbo - Santa Fe New Mexican

"Classic ... Thompson details the fundamentals of how plants work."—Jan Hale Barbo, Santa Fe New Mexican, April 3, 2005

Ch. 1	Natural reproduction : the propagator's guide	18
Ch. 2	Seed collection and storage	25
Ch. 3	Seed science	36
Ch. 4	Setting up and going on : equipment and facilities	55
Ch. 5	Basic techniques with seeds and cuttings	78
Ch. 6	Plant disorders including nutrition, pests and diseases, and chimaeras	102
Ch. 7	Mosses and ferns	120
Ch. 8	Cycads, confers and other gymnosperms	138
Ch. 9	Annuals, biennials and plants for patios	156
Ch. 10	Perennial herbaceous and evergreen herbs including carnivorous plants	177
Ch. 11	Herbaceous and evergreen monocots including grasses, restios and aquatics	205
Ch. 12	Plants with bulbs and corms	219
Ch. 13	Alpines	242
Ch. 14	Succulent plants	252
Ch. 15	Bromeliads and orchids	260
Ch. 16	Shrubs including lianes	276
Ch. 17	Woody monocots including bamboos and palms	313
Ch. 18	Trees	322