Do you dream about starting a plant nursery but aren't sure how to start? Are you afraid of regulations and irrigation and spending too much to get started? Do you wish you could stuff your yard with beautiful plants without guilt? If you're ready to take your love of gardening to the next level and start making money, this book is for you.In The Easy Way to Start a Home-Based Plant Nursery and Make Thousands in Your Spare Time, gardening writer and nursery owner David The Good shares how he created a profitable backyard nursery operation on a tight budget. In it you'll learn how to propagate ... [Read More]
When Avent announced that he was quitting his job to build a specialty nursery, his former horticulture professor begged his student to reconsider, telling him he couldn't possibly make a profit "without doing something illegal." More than ten years and 20 nursery catalogs later, Avent owns a thriving national business with nearly 30 employees. He wrote So You Want to Start a Nursery to debunk myths about the ornamental-plants nursery business and what it takes to succeed, whether you're a backyard hobbyist or a wholesale grower. (And he still has a clean arrest record.) Assuming that the read... [Read More]
An exhaustive exposition of propagating methods, from growing from seed to cuttings, grafting, layering, and tissue culture. It is based on the actual working methods of successful propagators worldwide and presents detailed explanations and illustrations of the procedures used.
Do you want to grow apples from seed? Or learn to graft? Or germinate seeds from that awesome old honey locust tree in your Grandpa's backyard? In Free Plants for Everyone, you will learn tried and true methods of plant propagation that will allow you to grow pretty much anything you like without giving your hard-earned money to plant nurseries. Gardening expert David The Good takes the mystery out of plant propagation and shares propagation secrets from the nursery business as well from his many years of experience. Whether you're interested in starting a plant nursery, saving money on gard... [Read More]
A handy and richly illustrated guide to all propagation techniques. Plant Propagation A to Z has more than 500 photographs that illustrate both practical step-by-step propagation techniques and the plants themselves. The book introduces propagation in general and then describes the tools and methods used. There are extensive tables detailing which techniques are best suited to more than 1,000 garden plants and noting the best times for propagating. The book also includes: Annotated step-by-step color diagrams Seed, cutting and division techniques Specialized propagation methods Temperature ... [Read More]
Growing native plants can be fun, challenging, and rewarding. This publication, particularly the first chapter that introduces important concepts, is for the novice who wants to start growing native plants as a hobby; however, it can also be helpful to someone with a bit more experience who is wondering about starting a nursery. The second chapter provides basic information about collecting, processing, storing, and treating seeds. Chapter three focuses on using seeds to grow plants in the field or in containers using simple but effective techniques. For those native plants that reproduce poor... [Read More]
If you enjoy working with people and working outdoors, operating a small nursery, landscaping, or lawn service may be the perfect business for you. In fact, many operators combine all three of these elements to make an ideal year-round business. This complete manual will arm you with everything you need to get started and run with your new business, including: business forms, contracts, and worksheets and checklists for planning, opening, and running day-to-day operations. You will learn dozens of other valuable, timesaving tools of the trade that no business should be without.While providing ... [Read More]
Botany in a Day, now available in a full-color version, is the plant identification method that thousands have used and learned. Looking for a faster, easier, and engaging way to identify plants? Related plants have similar characteristics, and they often have similar uses. Rather than learning new plants one-at-a-time, it is possible to learn them by the hundreds, based on plant family patterns.Each family of related plants has unique patterns for identification. Learn to recognize these patterns, and discover them again and again in the plants you encounter. It is possible to instantly recog... [Read More]
An exhaustive exposition of propagating methods, from growing from seed to cuttings, grafting, layering, and tissue culture. It is based on the actual working methods of successful propagators worldwide and presents detailed explanations and illustrations of the procedures used.
A 2019 Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students: K–12 (National Science Teachers Association and the Children's Book Council). Take a tour of America's great outdoors and discover the beauty and diversity of its most iconic and majestic national parks. Packed with maps and fascinating facts about the flora and fauna unique to each of the 21 parks portrayed, this lushly illustrated coast-to-coast journey documents in large format the nation’s most magnificent and sacred places—and shows why they should be preserved for future generations to enjoy. Explore Florida's river-laced Evergla... [Read More]
In this book, you will learn more about the different culinary herbs, medicinal herbs, landscape trees and shrubs, and flowers that are high in demand in the current market. You will also learn how you can effectively market your products so you can earn substantial revenue to sustain your nursery business. Starting your own backyard nursery is an amazing way to transform your horticultural passion into money. This is one of the best ways to earn a few hundred dollars, which can supplement your income and can even be your main source of cash. Whenever you think of plant nurseries, you probably... [Read More]
Compiled by two distinguished professors of horticulture, The Reference Manual of Woody Plant Propagation is a must for professionals and students of horticulture. Over 1,100 species and their propagation requirements by seeds, cuttings, grafting and budding, and tissue culture are discussed in exhaustive detail. Essentially a recipe book for making more trees and shrubs, this reference is a high-level how-to.
“If you cut down the goldenrod, the wild black cherry, the milkweed and other natives, you eliminate the larvae, and starve the birds. This simple revelation about the food web—and it is an intricate web, not a chain—is the driving force in Bringing Nature Home.” —The New York Times As development and subsequent habitat destruction accelerate, there are increasing pressures on wildlife populations. In Bringing Nature Home, Douglas W. Tallamy reveals the unbreakable link between native plant species and native wildlife—native insects cannot, or will not, eat alien plants. When nati... [Read More]
Giant puffballs of cotton-candy pink blooms!so airy you expect a breeze to carry them away! An absolutely showstopping source of late-season color, this native grass is also effortless to grow and tolerant of just about
Grown by United Nursery, the Golden Pothos is the king of easy growing. With its lush heart-shaped foliage this trailing vine will impress you with its ability to drape beautifully over a shelf or hanging
Moving plants from point A to point B has never been this easy. This rolling plant stand makes life easier and saves your back when moving heavy planters. The four caster wheels spin 360-degrees and
FeaturesMade of w illow material, foldable strong and durable.Can be used for home storage like clothes, quilt, dolls.It also can be as plant pot for home decoration.Handle for you to remove the position easily. foldable
This is the official Hawaiian lei flower. This is a set of four (4) mixed cuttings. The set includes one each of `Ula`ula (oo lah oo lah) Red, `Akala (ah kah lah) Pink, Ke`oke`o (keh
Feature:1.Once you need to nursing young plants separately and simply,you can use this nursery pot to do a great job2.Made of plastic,this nursery pot is lightweight, portable, and durable3.The clear cover on the top can
Grown by United Nursery, the ZZ plant is a durable and attractive easy care plant that has become an indoor favorite. This native of eastern Africa is officially known as the Zamioculcas Zamiifolia, or ZZ
Product details:Nursery bags with earth: for nursery seedlings grew directly out later transplanted into large bowl or in the yard can be, will naturally degrade after transplantation, which can effectively prevent child deaths and Huanmiao
Four Awapuhi Ke`oke`o (white) Hawaiian Ginger plant roots. Sought after for landscaping projects, these ginger flower for most of the year. Once flowering, "plantlets" will emerge and propagate themselves. Growing instructions: Plant roots in potting
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