Propagation Basics by Steve Bradley
This practical guide to increasing your plant supply has step-by-step illustrations of all the major techniques, starting with the easiest techniques, such as seed and division, and building up to more adventurous methods, such as grafting. It includes a plant directory of over 100 plants, a seasonal propagation chart and a troubleshooting section.
Steven Bradley gives a clear, concise overview of plant propagation in all its formsFrom simple division and seed sowing to the more complex grafting and air-layering, he details every procedure, accompanied by diagrams and photographs to ensure complete understanding. All plants reproduce themselves naturally - setting seed, suckering, layering - as every gardener knows, especially in respect of weeds! But the intervention of the gardener ensures control and enables them to replicate their favourite plants either for themselves or friends. And what better way to encourage children into the garden than by giving them some sunflower and marigold seeds; the wonderment of germination never leaving them as nature takes over. A valuable reference for all horticultural bookshelf. - Lucy Watson
Steven Bradley has written more than 30 gardening books, including Propagation Basics, winner of the Garden Writers' Guild Award for Best Practical Book. He is author of the booklets for the Ground Force series of gardening programmes and the Ground Force Weekend Workbook co-authored with Alan Titchmarsh, BBC Books. He writes for many gardening magazines, including the RHS Journal, BBC Gardeners' World, Garden Life, The Garden and Garden Answers as well as for the Sunday Express. Creator of the Masterclass series in Gardens Monthly, he is also a regular on BBC radio and lectures to students at Capel Manor College (Enfield), the Inchbold School of Design in London, leading specialist days at the English Gardening School in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780600603931 |
| ISBN 10 | 0600603938 |
| Title | Propagation Basics |
| Author | Steve Bradley |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Octopus Publishing Group |
| Year published | 2002-08-15 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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