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An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms
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by:
Riffle, Robert Lee
Craft, Paul
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Publisher:
Timber Press
Published: OR
ISBN: 0881925586
Format:Hardcover
Pages:528
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Book Description
From Book News, Inc.
This definitive account of tropical, subtropical, and even temperate (down to 5 degrees F) landscape and garden palms provides detailed information on nearly 900 species including cold hardiness, height, geographical distribution,
cultivation requirements, a botanical description, and historical and ethnobotanical details. Includes a thorough glossary of scientific name pronunciation and some 900 fine color photographs. Well suited to the amateur or professional grower, with
useful landscaping lists and an appendix with notes on germinating seed.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Product Description:
Co-written by the author of the award-winning The Tropical Look, An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms
offers a definitive account of palms that may be grown in the garden and landscape. Because palms are often underutilized as a result of their unfamiliarity---even to tropical gardeners---Robert Lee Riffle and Paul Craft have exhaustively documented
every genus in the palm family. Approximately 890 species are described in detail, including cold hardiness, water needs, height, and any special requirements. No gardener or landscaper who reads this book should ever again lose a palm solely because of
lack of horticultural information.
Generously illustrated with more than 900 photos, An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms is as valuable as an identification guide as it is a practical handbook. The volume even contains photos of several palm
species that have never before appeared in a general encyclopedia. Interesting snippets of history, ethnobotany, and biology inform the text and make this a lively catalog of these remarkable plants.
As well as all of the tropical and
subtropical palms, the encyclopedia includes many species that can withstand freezing; thus it is applicable for areas where average low temperatures do not drop below 5ºF (-15ºC).
Many features of the book add to its usefulness for
the amateur or professional grower. Extensive landscape lists group together palms with special characteristics, such as drought tolerance, salt tolerance, and slow growth, to name a few. A unique appendix with notes on germinating seed of selected palms
will prove invaluable to gardeners and nursery professionals who wish to grow palms from seed. In all, An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms offers a wealth of information to horticulturists at every level of experience.
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