Identify Common Tropical and Subtropical Ornamental Plants by Flower Colour


Book Description

This book is a practical, compact guide for the identification of common tropical and subtropical ornamental plants by flower colour. It is intended for anyone who is interested in plants and would like to get to know the attractive flowering plants of warm regions while travelling. Certainly everyone in a foreign country has at some point admired a particularly exotic flower and wished to know which plant it is. With appealing photos and comprehensible texts, this book provides the answer - quickly and easily. The author is an experienced tour guide and is regularly asked for eye-catching, ornamental plants on the way. She photographed the frequently requested plants and arranged them according to colour in this nature guide. This book is also suitable for beginners without previous botanical knowledge due to its illustrations and simple sorting.




Tropical Flowering Plants


Book Description

This book bridges a long-standing gap between obscure references in tropical botany and the gardener's need for an accurate, practical guide. Incorporating the latest advances in plant taxonomy, the book is a rare work of scrupulous research -- and magnificent photography -- that will be as useful to the gardener as it is to the botanist.




Quality of Ornamental Crops: Effect of Genotype, Preharvest, and Improved Production Chains on Quality Attributes of Ornamental Crops, volume II


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This Research Topic is part of the Quality of Ornamental Crops: Effect of Genotype, Preharvest, and Improved Production Chains on Quality Attributes of Ornamental Crops series. Acceptance of ornamental crops depends on a large extent on flower color, fragrance and shape. Flower number and size, uniformity of blooming, as well as plant shape, patterning and color determine the crop's appeal. Vase life, or postharvest quality retention, involves preserving specific features such as flower color and scent. In addition, leaf and stem color, plant shape, and development should occur within particular ranges, while pests and diseases must be absent. Thus, genotype, growing conditions, harvest practices and postharvest conditions contribute to maintaining quality after harvest.




Flowering Plants in the Landscape


Book Description

This book describes some of the world's most spectacular flowering trees, shrubs, vines, and ground covers and gives instructions for growing them. A delightful visual experience, it offers exciting possibilities for enhancing the landscape with the beauty of flowers and serves as an invaluable guide to the flowering plants of tropical and subtropical regions.




Identification and Control of Common Weeds: Volume 3


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This book introduces readers to nearly 600 common weeds. In addition to essential information, each chapter includes photos for a specific type of weed to show its morphology in different growth periods, such as seedling, root, flower, fruit, and mature plant. The book also discusses control measures, including agricultural, chemical, physical, biological, and comprehensive methods. The Volume 3 mainly focuses on 252 Species of Dicotyledonous and Monocotyledonous Weeds along with 2 Species of Liverworts and Mosses. With the development of society and economics, weeds have become a recurring problem. In particular, the exotic, invasive, and quarantine weeds have spread dramatically and rapidly. On the other hand, many people, even those who are engaged in weed control, do not (or cannot) distinguish between weeds. Thus there is significant demand for illustrations of weed morphologies, as well as information on their control measures. This book offers a valuable, practical guide for all those working in the fields of crop cultivation, plant protection and quarantine management.




Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants


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A superb reference for anyone interested in the world's tropical flora.




The Subtropical Garden; or, beauty of form in the flower garden


Book Description

'The Subtropical Garden; or, Beauty of Form in the Flower Garden' by W. Robinson is a comprehensive guide to incorporating large and graceful foliage into your garden for a more unique and artistic appeal beyond just color. Robinson's approach is practical and knowledgeable, offering a selection of suitable species arranged alphabetically, as well as their descriptions, arrangements, culture, and propagation. Unlike other literature on subtropical gardening, Robinson's guide excludes unsuitable and variegated hardy subjects, focusing on the most effective plants from the vegetation of northern and temperate countries.




The Subtropical Garden


Book Description

Reproduction of the original: The Subtropical Garden by W. Robinson




The European Garden Flora Flowering Plants


Book Description

The European Garden Flora is the definitive manual for the accurate identification of cultivated ornamental flowering plants. Designed to meet the highest scientific standards, the vocabulary has nevertheless been kept as uncomplicated as possible so that the work is fully accessible to the informed gardener as well as to the professional botanist. This new edition has been thoroughly reorganised and revised, bringing it into line with modern taxonomic knowledge. Although European in name, the Flora covers plants cultivated in most areas of the United States and Canada as well as in non-tropical parts of Asia and Australasia. Volume 3 contains accounts of 47 families, including those formerly included in the Leguminosae (Mimosaceae, Caesalpiniaceae, Fabaceae) as well as the large and important Rosaceae. Also included are those families formerly covered by the name Saxifragaceae (Saxifragaceae in the strict sense, Penthoraceae, Grossulariaceae, Parnassiaceae, Hydrangeaceae and Escalloniaceae).




Subtropical Plants


Book Description

A guide to the range of attractive subtropicals and selected tropical plants that can be grown in subtropical areas.