hostile survival adapting gardeners

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Plant Survival: Adapting to a Hostile World

1 review
Brian Capon

Timber Press, Incorporated, 2003

Suitable for young and mature readers alike.
One of the key survival strategies for animals faced with difficult climates and conditions is migration; immediate threats from other animals can be escaped by running, flying, or swimming. Plants, rooted to the earth, must rely on adaptations that permit them to survive where they are. The fascinating mechanisms that plants use to stay alive in deserts, forests, alpine tundra, jungles, and in ...

Botany for Gardeners

14 reviews
Brian Capon

Timber Press, Incorporated, 2004

Easy to Read
For a text book, this reads more like short stories. Very easy to read and understand.

Botany for Gardeners: An Introduction and Guide

11 reviews
Brian Capon

Timber Press, Incorporated, 1990

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Absolutely fascinating book, written with an obvious awe and love of the plant kingdom. Pictures are great; so are drawings. Author makes very clear what can be a complicated subject. Really renews one's love of gardening. Included are a few practical hints as well. Tells how plants are constructed and how they grow; all about each part of a flower; what happens to water after roots draw it ...