Horticulture, a Basic Awareness

Résumé du livre

Basic botanical background; Soils; Cultural requirements of plants; Tools; Container planting; Waterning plants; methods of propagation; Seed production and the treatment of seeds; Planting; Garden practices; Pruning; Garden measurements; Insect and disease control; Landscape planning; Lawns; Specimen trees; Hedges; Ground covers and mulches; Gardens; The vegetables garden; Home-grown fruits; Greenhouse management; Floral arrangements; Conditioning removed plant material; The compost pile; Organic gardening; House plants; lighting plants indoors; The forcing of bulbs in the home; Terrariums; Ferns grown as house plants; Common vines growth in the home; Fruit plants grown indoors; Bonsai; Cacti and succulents.