A Gardeners Guide To Botany

Plant Families is an easy-to-use, beautifully illustrated guide to the more than seventy core plant families every horticulturist, gardener, or budding botanist needs to know. It introduces the basics of plant genealogy and teaches readers how to identify and understand the different structures of flowers, trees, herbs, shrubs, and bulbs. It then walks through each family, explaining its origins and range and describing characteristics such as size, flowers, and seeds. Each family is accompanied by full-color botanical illustrations and diagrams. "Uses For" boxes planted throughout the book provide practical gardening tips related to each family. By understanding how botanists create these groupings, we can become more apt at spotting the unique characteristics of a plant and identifying it faster and more accurately. Understanding plant families also helps us to make sense of- and better appreciate- the enormous biological diversity of the plant kingdom.

Ever wonder if plants sleep or why their leaves are shaped a certain way? The inner workings of the plants you love are revealed and celebrated in this guide by botany expert Dr. Scott Zona. A Gardener’s Guide to Botany is not just another book on how to grow plants. Instead, it’s a lushly illustrated botanical journey into what makes plants tick, delivered in layman’s terms that are easily understood and appreciated by both advanced gardeners and first-timers. It’s the chlorophyll-infused science behind the plants you know and love, whether you grow them indoors or out. You’ll learn how different plant parts function (do you know what stomata are and why every leaf has hundreds of them?), the traits that separate plants from animals, and how through eons of evolution the plants we grow in our gardens and homes have developed a million different fascinating adaptations that allow them to survive and thrive. From their leaf shape and growth habit to how they have sex and metabolize the nutrients they absorb, A Gardener’s Guide to Botany covers it all in an accessible and thought-provoking way. Divided into chapters based on what plants need to survive, some of the topics you’ll discover include: How plants convert water, air, and sunshine into roots, stems, leaves, and flowers through photosynthesis How plants react to their environment and “know” when it’s right for supporting growth and reproduction How light can inhibit or facilitate chemical reactions in a plant How plants access and use water and different nutrients, including through lifelong partnerships with other living organisms How plants reproduce in some pretty ingenious ways, both with and without sex How plant genes are dispersed via seeds spread by wind, water, animals, or by the mechanics of the plant or the seed itself Up your #plantnerd status by going on a knowledge expedition to learn about all things botanical, including the enlightening science of plant communication, hormones, insect relationships, and even plant sleep. Plus, learn the many varied ways plants protect themselves, from growing spines and producing toxic leaf compounds to emitting volatile chemicals that serve as messages to insect predators or warning signals to neighboring plants. Through beautiful illustrations, full-color photographs of plants from around the world, and fascinating and relatable text, get to know your plant family like you never have before! Whether you grow houseplants on a windowsill, vegetables in raised beds, or shrubs and perennials along your front walk, A Gardener’s Guide to Botany takes you on a beautiful adventure into the amazing kingdom of plants.

Gardener's Guide to Botany contains most of the botanical information that gardeners will need to enjoy their garden fully.Written by a gardener for gardeners Gardener's Guide to Botany contains the full contents of Gardener's Guide to Flowers, Gardener's Guide to Stems, Gardener's Guide to Roots, Gardener's Guide to Seeds and Gardener's Guide to Leaves.Gardeners' Guide to Plant Seeds is a comprehensive guide on the propagation, storage, collection and germination of flower and vegetable seeds.This plant seed guide also contains a comprehensive list of seed catalogs. These catalogs list thousands of varieties of flower and vegetable seeds.Gardener's Guide to the Plant Root is a basic gardener's botany guide to the plant root.The root system of the plant is essential to its survival as it gathers water, nutrients and anchors the plant in the soil. This botany guide serves as a handbook to the plant root and introduction to basic botany. Use it to learn about the plant root and root systems that the plant depends upon for survival.Flowering plants are one of the most successful classes of organisms on earth, appearing from the Arctic to the tropics.Written by a gardener for gardeners Gardeners' Guide to Flowers contains plenty of information about flowers from their life cycle to their parts. It is an excellent botanical guide for gardeners. Full of basic botany about flowers and flowering plants it covers the biology of flowers in an easy to understand way.Gardeners' Guide To Leaves is a basic gardener's botany guide to the plant leaf.The leaves of the plant are essential to its survival as they gather sunlight and turn it into food for the plant. This botany guide serves as a handbook to the plant leaf and introduction to basic botany. Use it to learn about the plant leaves that the plant depends upon for survival.Gardener's Guide To Plant Stems is a basic gardener's botany guide to the plant stem.The stem system of the plant is essential to its survival as it supports the leaf canopy and provides a transportation system for water and nutrients between the roots and leaves. This botany guide serves as a handbook to the plant stem and introduction to basic botany. Use it to learn about the stem systems that the plant depends upon for survival.

Carefully selected plants add color, character, and charm to a wide variety of outdoor settings, providing much enjoyment and increasing the value of your home. Plants for Tropical Landscapes will help you select and group plants to create a successful tropical garden tailored to your needs and tastes. Gardeners and landscapers will find this treasury of more than 500 common plants easy to use and one of the most comprehensive guides available today. Plants are organized by size (ground covers, low shrubs, medium shrubs, small trees) and are fully illustrated with more than 700 color photographs to aid in their identification. The book presents guidelines on plant characteristics, soil and water requirements, and suggested landscape use for each species. In addition, appendices list plants suitable for special uses (xeriscapes, windbreaks, night gardens) and sites (beach gardens, lanai, and houseplants).

Gardener's Guide to Botany contains most of the botanical information that gardeners will need to enjoy their garden fully. Written by a gardener for gardeners Gardener's Guide to Botany contains the full contents of Gardener's Guide to Flowers, Gardener's Guide to Stems, Gardener's Guide to Roots, Gardener's Guide to Seeds and Gardener's Guide to Leaves. Gardeners' Guide to Plant Seeds is a comprehensive guide on the propagation, storage, collection and germination of flower and vegetable seeds. This plant seed guide also contains a comprehensive list of seed catalogs. These catalogs list thousands of varieties of flower and vegetable seeds. Gardener's Guide to the Plant Root is a basic gardener's botany guide to the plant root. The root system of the plant is essential to its survival as it gathers water, nutrients and anchors the plant in the soil. This botany guide serves as a handbook to the plant root and introduction to basic botany. Use it to learn about the plant root and root systems that the plant depends upon for survival. Flowering plants are one of the most successful classes of organisms on earth, appearing from the Arctic to the tropics. Written by a gardener for gardeners Gardeners' Guide to Flowers contains plenty of information about flowers from their life cycle to their parts. It is an excellent botanical guide for gardeners. Full of basic botany about flowers and flowering plants it covers the biology of flowers in an easy to understand way. Gardeners' Guide To Leaves is a basic gardener's botany guide to the plant leaf. The leaves of the plant are essential to its survival as they gather sunlight and turn it into food for the plant. This botany guide serves as a handbook to the plant leaf and introduction to basic botany. Use it to learn about the plant leaves that the plant depends upon for survival. Gardener's Guide To Plant Stems is a basic gardener's botany guide to the plant stem. The stem system of the plant is essential to its survival as it supports the leaf canopy and provides a transportation system for water and nutrients between the roots and leaves. This botany guide serves as a handbook to the plant stem and introduction to basic botany. Use it to learn about the stem systems that the plant depends upon for survival.

Gardener's Guide to Botany is a basic manual to botanical information. Written for gardeners by a gardener this manual teaches the gardener about plant seeds, flowers, roots and leaves.

The first graphic novel guide to growing a successful raised bed vegetable garden, from planning, prepping, and planting, to troubleshooting, care, and harvesting. “A fun read packed with practical advice, it’s the perfect resource for new gardeners, guiding you through every step to plant, grow, and harvest a thriving and productive food garden.”—Joe Lamp’l, founder and creator of the Online Gardening Academy Like having your own personal gardening mentor at your side, The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food is the story of Mia, an eager young professional who wants to grow her own vegetables but doesn't know where to start, and George, her retired neighbor who loves gardening and walks her through each step of the process. Throughout the book, "cheat sheets" sum up George's key facts and techniques, providing a handy quick reference for anyone starting their first vegetable garden, including how to find the best location, which vegetables are easiest to grow, how to pick out the healthiest plants at the store, when (and when not) to water, how to protect your plants from pests, and what to do with extra produce if you grow too much. If you are a visual learner, beginning gardener, looking for something new, or have struggled to grow vegetables in the past, you'll find this unique illustrated format ideal because many gardening concepts--from proper planting techniques to building raised beds--are easier to grasp when presented visually, step by step. Easy and entertaining, The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food makes homegrown vegetables fun and achievable.

Gardening can be frustratingly shrouded in secrecy. Fickle plants make seemingly spontaneous decisions to bloom or bust, seeds sprout magically in the blink of an eye, and deep-rooted mysteries unfold underground and out of sight. Understanding basic botany is like unlocking a horticultural code; fortunately learning a little science can reveal the secrets of the botanical universe and shed some light on what’s really going on in your garden. Practical Botany for Gardeners provides an elegant and accessible introduction to the world of botany. It presents the essentials that every gardener needs to know, connecting explanations of scientific facts with useful gardening tips. Flip to the roots section and you’ll not only learn how different types of roots support a plant but also find that adding fungi to soil aids growth. The pruning section both defines “lateral buds” and explains how far back on a shoot to cut in order to propagate them. The book breaks down key areas and terminology with easy-to-navigate chapters arranged by theme, such as plant types, plant parts, inner workings, and external factors. “Great Botanists” and “Botany in Action” boxes delve deeper into the fascinating byways of plant science. This multifaceted book also includes two hundred botanical illustrations and basic diagrams that hearken to the classic roots of botany. Part handbook, part reference, Practical Botany for Gardeners is a beautifully captivating read. It’s a must for garden lovers and backyard botanists who want to grow and nurture their own plant knowledge.