From seeds to leaves / Doug and Robin Stewart.
Material type: TextPublisher: Melbourne : Bookman Press, 2008Copyright date: ©1999Description: 166 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 186395225X
- From seeds to leaves : a complete guide to growing Australian shrubs and trees from seed [Cover title]
- 634.95620994 21
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | State Botanical Collection | RBG | 631.5310994 FRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | LRBP00273289 |
Previous edition: East Melbourne : Agmedia, 1995.
Cover title: 'From seeds to leaves : a complete guide to growing Australian trees and shrubs from seed'
Includes index.
Introduction: The challenge of climate change -- 1. Seed collection -- 2. Extracting the seed -- 3. Seed needing special treatment before sowing -- 4. Planting the seed -- 5. Transplanting and growing on -- 6. Planting out -- 7. Botanical and common names made easy -- 8. Trees and shrubs for special situations -- 9. Identification by flower and seed -- 10. Seed for purpose: an overview.
Describes how to collect your own fruit and nuts, how to extract, store and germinate the seeds in the right way and in the best season, how to use smoke to germinate seed normally difficult to grow and how to plant out, water, mulch, protect, fertilise and prune your plants for best results. This book also includes sections on botanical names and identifying plants by flower and seed.
RBG copy: donated by Darryl Stewart and Sandra Cossens, September 2016.