How to Grow Native Plants of Texas and the Southwest Revised and Updated Edition

Name: How to Grow Native Plants of Texas and the Southwest Revised and Updated Edition
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ISBN: 9780292755734

ISBN-10: 0292755732

ISBN-13: 9780292755734

Edition: 2nd 2001 (Revised)

Authors: Jill Nokes, Kathryn Miller Brown

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From reviews of the first edition: "Nokes draws upon many unpublished observations by experienced propagators, which should keep many gardeners from trial-and-error inquiries of their own. . . . This attractive, clearly written landscape-materials guide will fill a large gap in western horticultural literature and should serve as a model for other regional guides." Horticulture Since its first publication in 1986, How to Grow Native Plants of Texas and the Southwest has set the standard for both home and professional gardeners. Written when the native plant movement was just getting started, it helped convert a generation of gardeners to the practical and aesthetic values of using…

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List price: $29.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 5/15/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 632
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 2.288
Language: English



List of Genera and Species


Preface to the New Edition


Acknowledgments


Map of Texas



Introduction



Gathering and Storing Seeds Seed Provenance


When and Where to Collect Guidelines for Judging


Ripeness Stock Plants Collection Tools and Materials Cleaning Storage



Seed Germination


The Germination Process Seed Dormancy Types of Dormancy and Pretreatment Methods Hard Seed Coats and Scarification


General Guidelines for Acid Scarification Sodium Hypochlorite Treatment Hot Water Seed Scarification Active Yeast


Method Early Collection of Hard-Seeded Species Plants with Apparently Hard Seed Coats Seed Coats with Chemical


Inhibitors Physiological Dormancy of the Inner Seed Stratification Length of Stratification Period "Pulsing" Double Dormancy and After-Ripening



Planting Late Winter Planting in a Greenhouse Outdoor Fall Planting Spring


Planting Aeration Procedure for Seed Germination Pregermination on Moist Paper Fall Planting in a Greenhouse or Cold Frame Cold Frames


Containers Benefits of Air Pruning Roots Soil Mixes Beneficial Soil Microorganisms Indoor Sowing


Seedling Diseases Field Sowing Transplanting Seedlings



Vegetative Propagation Advantages of Cutting Propagation Some Drawbacks to Vegetative Propagation


The Rooting Process How New Roots Are Produced Inherent Ability to Root Age of the Cutting


The Juvenility Factor Location of the Cut When to Take Cuttings Types of Cuttings


Hardwood Stem Cuttings Rooting Deciduous Hardwood Cuttings Rooting Cuttings of Narrow-Leaved Evergreens


Root Cuttings Semihardwood (or Greenwood) Cuttings Softwood Cuttings Selecting a Plant to Propagate from Cuttings Wounding


Rooting Hormones Willow Rooting Substance Application of Rooting Hormones Preparing Quick-Dip Solutions


The Proper Environment for Rooting a Cutting Containers Rooting Media Fungicides Controlling


Water Loss Intermittent Misting Systems Hardening Off Transplanting the Cutting



Transplanting Time of Year Choosing the Plant Transplanting Tools and Procedures Preparing the Site



Propagation of Individual Species Plants listed alphabetically according to botanical name. Consult


List of Genera and Species for page numbers of individual species


Glossary


Bibliography


Index