Plant Propagation

by Philip McMillan Browse, Royal Horticultural Society, Philip McMillion

Produced in association with the Royal Horticultural Society, the titles in this series have become standard works of practical gardening reference. Each book is illustrated with easy-to-follow, step-by-step illustrations that clearly guide the reader through all the essential techniques of successful gardening. Providing step-by-step instructions to all aspects of propagating greenhouse and garden plants and shrubs, this text includes coverage of seeds, roots, layering, stems, modified stems, and grafting.

Genres: Gardening

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

Philip McMil­lan Browse is a hor­ti­cul­tural con­sult­ant, and has been Dir­ector of the Saratoga Hor­ti­cul­tural Found­a­tion in Cali­for­nia, and Dir­ector of the Royal Hor­ti­cul­tural Society’s Garden at Wis­ley. He was the first Hor­ti­cul­tural Dir­ector of the Lost Gar­dens of Heligan, and is one of the ori­gin­at­ors of the Eden Pro­ject in Corn­wall. His pub­lic­a­tions include Plant Propaga­tion (1979), and Palms for Cooler Cli­mates (1993). He is co-​​author of The Heligan Veget­able Bible (2000); author of Heligan: Fruit, Flowers and Herbs (Alison Hodge, 2005), editor of Heligan Sur­viv­ors (Alison Hodge, 2007), and Gen­eral Editor of Garden­ing on the Edge: Draw­ing on the Corn­wall Exper­i­ence (Alison Hodge, 2004).

Reviews

[Barbara Radisavljevic · Rating 5 out of 5]

As far as I'm concerned, this is the bible of plant propagation.