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How to Grow Native Orchids in Gardens Large and Small
The comprehensive guide to cultivating local species
How to Grow Native Orchids in Gardens Large and Small
The comprehensive guide to cultivating local species
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Description
A beautifully illustrated, step-by-step guide to growing native orchids from seed in your garden.
Learn how to cherish these remarkable flowers and help them flourish in their natural habitat with this easy-to-use guide. Native orchids are neither difficult to cultivate nor require special conditions to thrive, and while a large meadow may be beyond the reach of most, the corner of a garden or a pot on a patio can provide a home to a spectacular display.
This unique book includes valuable information on which species of orchids will work in your garden and what companion plants to grow next to them, as well as instructions on how to grow orchids from seed or in a container and how to start an orchid meadow or add orchids to an orchard, preserving and promoting local ecosystems.
Beautifully illustrated throughout with photographs and illustrations, this essential guide will show you how easy it is to grow native orchids and how to create a protected environment in which declining species can thrive undisturbed.
Table of Contents
Part 1: Understanding orchids
A love affair with orchids
The structure and life cycle of native orchids
Native orchids suitable for cultivation
Part 2: Cultivation
Growing orchids in your garden: the basics
Raising plants from seed
Pests and diseases
Part 3: Orchid communities
Creating a garden meadow
An orchid orchard or garden glade
Orchids in rockeries or damp ground
Repopulating wild areas
Resources
Product details
Published | 05 Sep 2019 |
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Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 176 |
ISBN | 9780857844613 |
Imprint | Green Books |
Illustrations | Colour illustrations and photos throughout |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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An easy-to-read, practical guide to growing native orchids and a compelling call to action for British gardeners to help save our threatened species.
Mandy Bradshaw, gardening journalist and blogger
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Such delicate illustrations in this informative book. A must for orchid growers.
Graeme Kay, BSBI county recorder
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Everything you need to know is here, presented in a very readable and interesting way. The many excellent illustrations, photographs and diagrams further enhance the quality of this volume.
John Hawksford, BSBI recorder and author of The Flora of Staffordshire
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This excellent book has inspired me to establish some native orchids in my patch - the authors make failure sound difficult. Highly accessible, encouraging, beautifully illustrated and eminently readable.
Bunny Guinness, Gardener's Question Time
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A great guide that shows how, with a little preparation, beautiful native orchids can be grown by anyone, in a range of garden settings, helping to conserve species under threat in the wild.
Ian and Teresa Moss, Rare Plant Fairs
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A beautifully produced book with charming illustrations and images of our native orchids. It is sure to encourage more gardeners to propagate these threatened plants
Dr Nick Owens, author of The Bees of Norfolk