Plant Life category: 1095 books
by Reena Sharma
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
Cells, the basic units of life, require membranes for their existence. Foremost among these is the plasma membrane, which defines each cell’s boundary and helps create and maintain electrochemically distinct environments within and outside the cell. Other membranes enclose eukaryotic organelles...
The Big, Bad Book of Botany
The World's Most Fascinating Flora
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
David Attenborough meets Lemony Snicket in The Big Bad Book of Botany, Michael Largo’s entertaining and enlightening one-of-a-kind compendium of the world’s most amazing and bizarre plants, their history, and their lore.
The Big, Bad Book of Botany introduces a world of wild, wonderful,...
by Niall Mac Coitir
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2010
In ancient Ireland there were 365 different parts to the body, and a different plant to cure each part. So the wild plants of Ireland are bound up in our culture and folklore from the earliest times. To arry a four-leaved shamrock brings luck in gambling, while putting nine ivy leaves under her pillow...
Botanical Shakespeare
An Illustrated Compendium of all the Flowers, Fruits, Herbs, Trees, Seeds, and Grasses Cited by the World's Greatest Playwright
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
A captivating, beautifully illustrated, one-of-a-kind color compendium of the flowers, fruits, herbs, trees, seeds, and grasses cited in the works of the world’s greatest playwright, William Shakespeare, accompanied by their companion quotes from all of his plays and poems. With a foreword by Dame...
Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice
An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Rain Forest
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1994
The fascinating account of a pioneering ethnobotanist’s travels in the Amazon—at once a gripping adventure story, a passionate argument for conservationism, and an investigation into the healing power of plants
For thousands of years, healers have used plants to cure illness. Aspirin, the...
Happy Cactus
Cacti, Succulents, and More
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
In-depth profiles, care tips, and display inspiration for more than 50 popular cactus and succulent varieties.
Your cactus might be surviving, but is it happy? There's so much more to these little green plants than just keeping them alive. Get right to the point with practical advice from potting...
A Guide to Bearded Irises
Cultivating the Rainbow for Beginners and Enthusiasts
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
The diversity of bearded irises rivals that of any other perennial grown in temperate climates. For some gardeners, they bring back warm memories of a grandparent's garden; for others, they're a cutting-edge plant with a seemingly endless capacity for producing new forms and patterns.
As the...
Wild Flowers
Nature's own to garden grown
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
Wild flowers are a great passion for Carol, and for the TV show this year she’s travelling the length and breadth of the country to find the most exquisite flora occurring naturally in our woodlands, hedgerows, meadows and moors, and then she sets off in search of their cultivated cousins, and shows...
Northwest Foraging
The Classic Guide to Edible Plants of the Pacific Northwest
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2011
CLICK HERE to download the section on foraging for field mustard with four sample recipes from *Northwest Foraging *
* Suitable for novice foragers and seasoned botanists alike
* More than 65 of the most common edible plants in the Pacific Northwest are thoroughly described
*Poisonous plants...
by Elisabeth Chan
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2012
Learn all about tropical plants and flowers with this with this useful and portable reference book.
This handy field guide introduces approximately 60 plant species found in the Tropics. Trees, shrubs, flowers and fruits are all presented in full color. Included are exotic and beautiful blooms,...
Coastal Beauty
Wildflowers and Flowering Shrubs of Coastal British Columbia and Vancouver Island
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Coastal Beauty is a follow-up to three previous volumes on wildflowers written by Neil Jennings and published by Rocky Mountain Books. It is being published at the same time as Central Beauty: Wildflowers and Flowering Shrubs of The Southern Interior of British Columbia, making a set of five books...
Armitage's Vines and Climbers
A Gardener's Guide to the Best Vertical Plants
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
**“Climbing plants are hugely underrated—this book with its lively expression of deep knowledge should encourage everyone to grow more of them.” —Noël Kingsbury **
Climbing plants constitute a huge, and largely untapped, resource for today’s gardeners. Because their habit of growth...
The Gardener's Guide to Cactus
The 100 Best Paddles, Barrels, Columns, and Globes
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
** “Gardeners new and old will close this book with an arsenal of ideas on how to take their cactus cultivation to a new level.” —***Terrain
The Gardener’s Guide to Cactus* reveals how easy, hardy, and rewarding cactus can be for home gardeners. Succulent plant expert Scott Calhoun...
by Margaret Gargiullo
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2008
At the biological crossroads of the Americas, Costa Rica hosts one of the widest varieties of plants in the wold, with habitats ranging from tidal mangrove swamps, and lowland rainforests, to dry tropical evergreen and deciduous forests. Field Guide to Plants of Costa Rica is a must-have reference...