The Propagation Specialist: The Essential Guide to Raising New Plants for the Home and Garden (IMM Lifestyle Books) Getting Started, Sowing, Cuttings, Dividing, Layering, Budding, Grafting, and More - Softcover

David Squire

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845374843 ISBN 13: 9781845374846

Publisher: IMM Lifestyle Books, 2009

Synopsis

Buying individual plants can be expensive but raising your own saves money and gives lots of gardening satisfaction. Every aspect of the art of propagation is covered, from the philosophy behind creating plants to the easiest species to grow to the best materials and equipment. All the major methods receive well-illustrated, in-depth, and easy to follow explanations, including seeds and cuttings, division and layering, and budding and grafting, and there’s a handy, at-a-glance A Z listing of ideal propagation plants for the home and garden. Both novice and more experienced gardeners will turn to this invaluable reference again and again.

About this title

About the Author:

David Squire trained as a horticulturist and is the author of over 70 gardening titles, including The Scented Garden, which won the Garden Writers of America Quill and Trowel Award, as well as The First-time Garden Specialist and The Small Garden Specialist

About this edition

• Publisher: IMM Lifestyle Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1845374843
• ISBN 13: 9781845374846
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80
• Editor: Bridgewater, Alan, Gill