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Propagating Plants

by Alan Toogood

Series:RHS / DK

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Grow something amazing and save money doint it by raising your own plants from scratch. Follow the advice of top RHS experts who explain how to grow more than 1,500 plants from seeds and cuttings, by division, grafting, layering, and more. Use the visual step-by-step guides to become an experienced plant parent with your own budding nursery of new plants.

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Alan R. Toogood

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Abbott, Louise (Managing editor)

Anderson, Peter (Photographer)

Cochrane, Karen (Illustrator)

Evans, Annelise (Project editor)

Greenfield, Matthew (DTP designer)

Griffiths, Lee (Managing art editor)

Harrington, Patricia (Production)

Shedden, Clare (Project art editor)

Singer, Fay (Design assistant)

Swift, Martha (Editorial assistant)

Young, Sarah (Chapter opening motifs)

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Canonical title: Propagating Plants
Alternate titles: Plant Propagation; RHS : Propagating plants; American Horticultural Society : Plant Propagation : The Fully Illustrated Plant-by-Plant Manual of Practical Techniques; Royal Horticultural Society : Propagating Plants : The Fully Illustrated Plant-by-Plant Manual of Practical Techniques; Royal Horticultural Society : Propagating Plants : The Fully Illustrated Plant-by-Plant Manual For Australian Gardeners
Original publication date: 1999
First words: An understanding of the ways in which plants grow and reproduce, and of the relevance and application of practical techniques, will allow the gardener to propagate plants with ease and confidence.
Original language: English
Disambiguation notice: 0751303658 1999 hardcover UK
0241345693 2019 hardcover
1405300612 2003 hardcover
1405315253 2006 softcover
1864660767

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Popularity: 76,164
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Languages: English
Media: Paper, Ebook
ISBNs: 11
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Published: 1999
Genres: Home & Garden, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 635.043
LCC: SB119 .A46

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