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Propagating Plants

Propagating Plants How to Create New Plants for Free

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Hardback (02 Jan 2025)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Fill your garden with beautiful plants for next-to-nothing

Do you long to grow your own plants from scratch? This complete guide from the experts at the RHS will teach you how to propagate every type of plant.

If you're a thrifty gardener who wants more plants for free, then this book is perfect for you! From fruit trees and ornamental shrubs to exotic orchids and succulents, get all the info you need to propagate 1,500+ garden plants.

Crammed with hundreds of step-by-step tutorials and clear advice, ranging from straightforward and simple to more in-depth and challenging. The rating system in the plant-by-plant A-Z dictionaries provides you with a quick reference to the relative ease or difficulty of each method of propagation.

How long do your seedlings need to germinate? What makes a healthy stem cutting? How do you know what type of rootstock to use when grafting plants? Find out the answer to these questions and more in the most comprehensive guide to propagating plants ever published.

About the Publisher

Dorling Kindersley Limited

Founded in London in 1974, Dorling Kindersley are enormously proud to be the world's leading illustrated reference publisher. DK strives to make everything it produces, better by design, our aim is to inform, enrich and entertain readers of all ages. Everything we make from books, eBooks and apps give unrivalled clarity to topics with a unique combination of words and pictures, put together to spectacular effect. We have a reputation for innovation in both our design and our digital products.

Book information

ISBN: 9780241662106
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Imprint: Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pub date:
Edition: New edition
DEWEY: 635.9153
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 320
Weight: 1250g
Height: 262mm
Width: 202mm
Spine width: 27mm