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Hedera : the complete guide / Hugh McAllister & Rosalyn Marshall ; paintings by Josephine Hague ; botanical editor: James Armitage.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: RHS horticultural monographPublisher: Peterborough : Royal Horticultural Society, 2017Description: 428 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781907057731 (hbk.) :
  • 1907057730 (hbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 635.933988 23
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: History and growers -- Classification -- Early advances -- A new understanding -- Selectors and growers -- Early selections -- Victorian era -- Wartime losses -- Developments in the USA -- European raisers -- Ivy societies -- Cultivar registration -- Cultivated plant collections -- Conservation of cultivars -- Traditional uses and medicine -- Ivy in myth and folklore -- Ivy League universities -- Ivy as a poisonous and medicinal plant -- Decorative arts / Brent Elliott -- The absence of ivy -- General trends in floral ornament -- Ivy decoration in the late 19th century -- Non-horticultural influences on ivy decoration -- Ivy decoration in the 20th century -- Cultivation -- Soils -- Hardiness -- Shade-tolerance -- Drought-tolerance -- Management in gardens -- Pruning -- Propagation - vegetative -- Propagation - seed -- Pests -- Diseases -- Garden wildlife value -- Garden use -- Ivies as wall coverings -- Up posts and along ropes --
Contents note continued: Ivies and trees -- Ivies as ground cover -- Hedges, `fedges' and screens -- Containers -- Covering three-dimensional structures -- Topiary -- Ecosystem services / Faye Thomsit-Ireland -- Ecosystem services and disservices -- Green wall systems - where does ivy fit? -- Regulation of building temperature and energy savings -- Moderation of air temperatures -- Air quality improvement -- Noise reduction -- Psychological effects -- Potential damage to buildings -- Managing ivy attachment to surfaces -- Ivy as a wildlife resource -- Ivies as invasive plants -- Morphology and reproduction -- Morphology -- General description of Hedera -- Growth habit -- Root system -- Stems -- Hairs -- Leaves -- Scent -- Flowers and infloresences -- Fruits and seeds -- Variegation -- Chimeral variegation -- Mutable gene variegation -- Yellow-leaved variants -- Reproduction -- Floral phenology and pollination -- Fruit ripening and seed dispersal --
Contents note continued: Evolution and ecology / Hugh Mcallister -- Evolutionary trends -- Hedera within the Araliaceae -- Relationships within Hedera -- Map: Geographic distribution of Hedera -- Ecological aspects -- Geographic distribution -- Distribution by region -- Europe (excluding Macaronesia) -- Macaronesia -- Mainland North Africa -- Middle and Near East -- Asia -- Giant ivies in western Norway -- Habitat -- Ivy broomrape -- Species / Hugh Mcallister -- Identifying ivies -- Collecting -- Leaf characters -- Hairs -- Key to Hedera species -- Key to commonly cultivated ivies -- Hedera algeriensis - H. rhombea -- Hybrids -- Cytology -- Hybridisation -- Hedera [×] cazorlensis (H. helix [×] H. maroccana) -- Hedera [×] nessensis (H. iberica [×] H. hibernica) -- Hedera [×] sepulcralis (H. hibernica [×] H. algeriensis) -- Hedera [×] soroksarensis (H. helix [×] H. hibernica) -- Horticultural significance of hybrids --
Contents note continued: [×] Fatshedera lizei (Fatsia japonica [×] Hedera hibernica) -- Cultivars -- Arrangement of cultivars -- Discovery -- Date -- Comparable characters -- RHS Award of Garden Merit -- Table: Classification of Hedera cultivars, including AGM and whether Pittsburgh -- Cultivars of H. helix -- Adult -- Bird's foot -- Curly -- Fan -- Heart-shaped -- Ivy-ivies -- Miniature -- Oddities -- Variegated -- Cultivars of other species.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book State Botanical Collection RBG 635.933988 HED.HED (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available RBG00021782

Includes bibliographical references (pages 404-418) and index.

Machine generated contents note: History and growers -- Classification -- Early advances -- A new understanding -- Selectors and growers -- Early selections -- Victorian era -- Wartime losses -- Developments in the USA -- European raisers -- Ivy societies -- Cultivar registration -- Cultivated plant collections -- Conservation of cultivars -- Traditional uses and medicine -- Ivy in myth and folklore -- Ivy League universities -- Ivy as a poisonous and medicinal plant -- Decorative arts / Brent Elliott -- The absence of ivy -- General trends in floral ornament -- Ivy decoration in the late 19th century -- Non-horticultural influences on ivy decoration -- Ivy decoration in the 20th century -- Cultivation -- Soils -- Hardiness -- Shade-tolerance -- Drought-tolerance -- Management in gardens -- Pruning -- Propagation - vegetative -- Propagation - seed -- Pests -- Diseases -- Garden wildlife value -- Garden use -- Ivies as wall coverings -- Up posts and along ropes --

Contents note continued: Ivies and trees -- Ivies as ground cover -- Hedges, `fedges' and screens -- Containers -- Covering three-dimensional structures -- Topiary -- Ecosystem services / Faye Thomsit-Ireland -- Ecosystem services and disservices -- Green wall systems - where does ivy fit? -- Regulation of building temperature and energy savings -- Moderation of air temperatures -- Air quality improvement -- Noise reduction -- Psychological effects -- Potential damage to buildings -- Managing ivy attachment to surfaces -- Ivy as a wildlife resource -- Ivies as invasive plants -- Morphology and reproduction -- Morphology -- General description of Hedera -- Growth habit -- Root system -- Stems -- Hairs -- Leaves -- Scent -- Flowers and infloresences -- Fruits and seeds -- Variegation -- Chimeral variegation -- Mutable gene variegation -- Yellow-leaved variants -- Reproduction -- Floral phenology and pollination -- Fruit ripening and seed dispersal --

Contents note continued: Evolution and ecology / Hugh Mcallister -- Evolutionary trends -- Hedera within the Araliaceae -- Relationships within Hedera -- Map: Geographic distribution of Hedera -- Ecological aspects -- Geographic distribution -- Distribution by region -- Europe (excluding Macaronesia) -- Macaronesia -- Mainland North Africa -- Middle and Near East -- Asia -- Giant ivies in western Norway -- Habitat -- Ivy broomrape -- Species / Hugh Mcallister -- Identifying ivies -- Collecting -- Leaf characters -- Hairs -- Key to Hedera species -- Key to commonly cultivated ivies -- Hedera algeriensis - H. rhombea -- Hybrids -- Cytology -- Hybridisation -- Hedera [×] cazorlensis (H. helix [×] H. maroccana) -- Hedera [×] nessensis (H. iberica [×] H. hibernica) -- Hedera [×] sepulcralis (H. hibernica [×] H. algeriensis) -- Hedera [×] soroksarensis (H. helix [×] H. hibernica) -- Horticultural significance of hybrids --

Contents note continued: [×] Fatshedera lizei (Fatsia japonica [×] Hedera hibernica) -- Cultivars -- Arrangement of cultivars -- Discovery -- Date -- Comparable characters -- RHS Award of Garden Merit -- Table: Classification of Hedera cultivars, including AGM and whether Pittsburgh -- Cultivars of H. helix -- Adult -- Bird's foot -- Curly -- Fan -- Heart-shaped -- Ivy-ivies -- Miniature -- Oddities -- Variegated -- Cultivars of other species.

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