How to Propagate 375 Plants: A Practical Guide to Propagating Your Own Flowers, Foliage Plants, Trees, Shrubs, Climbers, Wet-Loving Plants, Bog and Water Plants, Vegetables and Herbs

by Richard Rosenfeld

Plants propagate themselves naturally in the wild, using all kinds of ingenious techniques. This practical book explains the most effective techniques for propagating hundreds of different types of plants. The book begins with growing plants from seed, covering everything from lettuces and chillies to sunflowers and sweet peas. Next, there are instructions on taking cuttings from established plants to give you exact copies of the parent plant at minimal cost. Dividing plants, layering and grafting methods follow and all are explained with step-by-step instructions and photographs. The directory of 375 plants includes growing tips for each species.

256 pages, Hardcover

Published September 4, 2018

About the author

Richard Rosenfeld became a freelance journalist after working in publishing for many years. He was voted Garden Writer of the Year in 1993 by the Guild of Garden Writers, having whetted his appetite by visiting gardens in Mexico, India, and Argentina. He has written seven books and been a regular contributor to The Sunday Times Magazine, The Sunday Telegraph, The Sunday Express and Daily Mail. He has designed gardens in Italy, America and England, and lives at the foot of the South Downs in West Sussex where he is converting a four-acre field into an arboretum.

Reviews

[Gladimore · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic resource!