Growing Trees from Seed: A Practical Guide to Growing Native Trees, Vines and Shrubs
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From Publishers Weekly In this comprehensive coffee-table–sized guide, Kock, a Canadian horticulturist who died in 2005, not only shows how to find and propagate native woody plants but also helps readers understand plants as members of communities of plants and animals rather than as isolated specimens. He tells how to differentiate native plants from invasive exotics and how to collect, clean, germinate and plant seeds and set up a nursery, along with intriguing suggestions (keep a toad in a cold frame to eat slugs) and surprising facts (earthworms are not native to the glaciated areas of North America, and contrary to popular gardening belief, they do a huge amount of damage by dragging undecomposed organic material into the soil, where it does not belong). The book's focus is woody plants of the Great Lakes bioregion, but Koch assures that the techniques will apply to other regions and species as well. With beautifully detailed line drawings and color photographs, the book provides both inspiration and knowledge to think like a seed... listen to the seed's story as written by the land and water where the seed was formed, and the wind, water, and animals that distribute it. (Sept.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Read more Review If there were popularity contests for plants, trees would doubtless be the winners. Of all the books on trees, [this is one] of my favorites.... This groundbreaking guide provides all the information gardeners need on these native plants. It covers everything from the ecology of plants to seed collecting, seed planting, and growing natives. Illustrated with color photos and line art, it profiles over 200 native species [and] makes a valuable contribution to the natives versus invasives debate. (Connie Krochmal BellaOnline) I get a lot of gardening books at work, but very few of them get to come home with me. Growing Trees from Seed is one of them. (Luke Miller Better Homes and Gardens 2008-10-12) I have been growing trees from seed since 1952... I wish this book had been available to me when I began, so that I could have avoided making all my own mistakes!... Throughout the book, Kock shows an acute awareness of the virtues of native trees.... Growing Trees from Seed is not merely a how-to reference...it gives the reader a context, philosophy, and background that I have not often seen elsewhere. (Guy Sternberg, founder, Starhill Forest Aboretum, The American Gardener, American Horticultural Soci 2008-10-31) [Kock] and his co-authors cover the ecology, abundance, fruit characteristics and edibility of more than 200 trees, vines and shrubs... The text includes 70 colour photographs and 240 black-and-white illustrations to help with identification. (Ken Smith The London Free Press 2008-10-11) I grew a native magnolia from seed once after taking a course at the Royal Botanical Gardens... I nursed it through three seasons before I killed it by moving it at the wrong time. To avoid such foolish mistakes,[this] book might be your best companion. (Kathy Renwald The Hamilton Spectator 2008-09-25) Starting a tree from a seed is not just rewarding. It's a way to vegetate your landscape cheaply while fighting global warming and perserving biodiversity. For Henry Kock...it became an obsession. He spent more than two decades learning the singular germination needs of various native trees and shrubs, and decided he would share his secrets with others in a new book. (Adrian Higgins San Francisco Examiner 2008-10-09) If you want to know how to look after plants, there was never a better person to ask [than Henry Kock]. He could take the complex bits and pieces of horticulture and make you understand the parts you need to know. The secrets of trees are secrets no longer... Kock helps us understand the how and why of it all. Three of Kock's colleagues, Paul Aird, John Ambrose and Gerry Waldron, are to be thanked for taking an almost complete book and pulling it together so well. It's a grand testament to Henry's life. (Alan Pickersgill Tribune (Guelph ON); The View From Here at www.ala 2008-10-14) A gardener's most optimistic acct of faith is growing trees from seed. And growing native trees is even more crucial in these times of shrinking biodiversity. A devout champion of our native flora, the late horticulturist Henry Kock was working on this book when he died in 2005; now Growing Trees from Seed has been completed by his colleagues Paaul Aird, John Ambrose and Gerald Waldon. Drawing on Kock's deep knowledge, keen eye and dry wit, it contains all you need to know about collecting, storing, germinating and nurturing the seeds of our very future. (Marjorie Harris Gardening Life) A guiding hand and inspiration. (The Washington Post 2008-10-09) [Kock] and his co-authors cover the ecology, abundance, fruit characteristics and edibility of more than 200 trees, vines, and shrubs... He was a passionate teacher and advocate for propagating and saving native woody plants. (Ken Smith The London Free Press 2008-10-11) Read more See all Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly In this comprehensive coffee-table–sized guide, Kock, a Canadian horticulturist who died in 2005, not only shows how to find and propagate native woody plants but also helps readers understand plants as members of communities of plants and animals rather than as isolated specimens. He tells how to differentiate native plants from invasive exotics and how to collect, clean, germinate and plant seeds and set up a nursery, along with intriguing suggestions (keep a toad in a cold frame to eat slugs) and surprising facts (earthworms are not native to the glaciated areas of North America, and contrary to popular gardening belief, they do a huge amount of damage by dragging undecomposed organic material into the soil, where it does not belong). The book's focus is woody plants of the Great Lakes bioregion, but Koch assures that the techniques will apply to other regions and species as well. With beautifully detailed line drawings and color photographs, the book provides both inspiration and knowledge to think like a seed... listen to the seed's story as written by the land and water where the seed was formed, and the wind, water, and animals that distribute it. (Sept.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Read more Review If there were popularity contests for plants, trees would doubtless be the winners. Of all the books on trees, [this is one] of my favorites.... This groundbreaking guide provides all the information gardeners need on these native plants. It covers everything from the ecology of plants to seed collecting, seed planting, and growing natives. Illustrated with color photos and line art, it profiles over 200 native species [and] makes a valuable contribution to the natives versus invasives debate. (Connie Krochmal BellaOnline) I get a lot of gardening books at work, but very few of them get to come home with me. Growing Trees from Seed is one of them. (Luke Miller Better Homes and Gardens 2008-10-12) I have been growing trees from seed since 1952... I wish this book had been available to me when I began, so that I could have avoided making all my own mistakes!... Throughout the book, Kock shows an acute awareness of the virtues of native trees.... Growing Trees from Seed is not merely a how-to reference...it gives the reader a context, philosophy, and background that I have not often seen elsewhere. (Guy Sternberg, founder, Starhill Forest Aboretum, The American Gardener, American Horticultural Soci 2008-10-31) [Kock] and his co-authors cover the ecology, abundance, fruit characteristics and edibility of more than 200 trees, vines and shrubs... The text includes 70 colour photographs and 240 black-and-white illustrations to help with identification. (Ken Smith The London Free Press 2008-10-11) I grew a native magnolia from seed once after taking a course at the Royal Botanical Gardens... I nursed it through three seasons before I killed it by moving it at the wrong time. To avoid such foolish mistakes,[this] book might be your best companion. (Kathy Renwald The Hamilton Spectator 2008-09-25) Starting a tree from a seed is not just rewarding. It's a way to vegetate your landscape cheaply while fighting global warming and perserving biodiversity. For Henry Kock...it became an obsession. He spent more than two decades learning the singular germination needs of various native trees and shrubs, and decided he would share his secrets with others in a new book. (Adrian Higgins San Francisco Examiner 2008-10-09) If you want to know how to look after plants, there was never a better person to ask [than Henry Kock]. He could take the complex bits and pieces of horticulture and make you understand the parts you need to know. The secrets of trees are secrets no longer... Kock helps us understand the how and why of it all. Three of Kock's colleagues, Paul Aird, John Ambrose and Gerry Waldron, are to be thanked for taking an almost complete book and pulling it together so well. It's a grand testament to Henry's life. (Alan Pickersgill Tribune (Guelph ON); The View From Here at www.ala 2008-10-14) A gardener's most optimistic acct of faith is growing trees from seed. And growing native trees is even more crucial in these times of shrinking biodiversity. A devout champion of our native flora, the late horticulturist Henry Kock was working on this book when he died in 2005; now Growing Trees from Seed has been completed by his colleagues Paaul Aird, John Ambrose and Gerald Waldon. Drawing on Kock's deep knowledge, keen eye and dry wit, it contains all you need to know about collecting, storing, germinating and nurturing the seeds of our very future. (Marjorie Harris Gardening Life) A guiding hand and inspiration. (The Washington Post 2008-10-09) [Kock] and his co-authors cover the ecology, abundance, fruit characteristics and edibility of more than 200 trees, vines, and shrubs... He was a passionate teacher and advocate for propagating and saving native woody plants. (Ken Smith The London Free Press 2008-10-11) Read more See all Editorial Reviews
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