"This is the 4th edition of a book exploring botanical techniques for gardeners"--

Presents an introduction to the science of botany written specifically for gardeners and horticulturists, focusing on flowering plants or angiosperms, the large

Gardening can be frustratingly shrouded in secrecy. Fickle plants make seemingly spontaneous decisions to bloom or bust, seeds sprout magically in the blink of

Plant Families is an easy-to-use, beautifully illustrated guide to the more than seventy core plant families every horticulturist, gardener, or budding botanist

This book teaches readers how to identify plants--and their uses--within groups and families. Botany in a Day provides simple techniques for plant identificatio