Know Your New Zealand-- Native Plants - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Know Your New Zealand-- Native Plants write by Lawrence James Metcalf. This book was released on 2009. Know Your New Zealand-- Native Plants available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. New Zealand has a unique and attractive native plant life that is of interest to everyone from gardeners and trampers to students of botany and ecology. In Know Your New Zealand Native Plants Lawrie Metcalf introduces a selection of the most interesting, iconic and important New Zealand plants, spanning latitudes from subtropical to temperate, and altitudes from sea level to alpine mountaintop, describing their natural history and distinguishing features. This title joins New Holland's hugely successful 'Know Your ...' series, of which the first two titles - Birds and Trees - both reprinted twice within two years of their release. Written for a family readership and with the novice in mind, the text of 'Know Your...' titles is light and easy in tone, with simple language, and is accompanied by full-page, full-colour portrait photographs.
100 Best Native Plants for New Zealand Gardens
100 Best Native Plants for New Zealand Gardens - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook 100 Best Native Plants for New Zealand Gardens write by Fiona M. Eadie. This book was released on 2014-09-05. 100 Best Native Plants for New Zealand Gardens available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From trees to ground covers, ferns to hebes, an expert guide to the top 100 New Zealand native plants for gardens. Since its first publication, this book has been an indispensable guide for gardeners wishing to use New Zealand plants. Now extensively revised, it features inspirational and practical advice on 100 species that are easy to grow and maintain, across a range of climates. It lists each plant's likes and dislikes and gives sage advice for care and maintenace and for combatting pests and problems. It suggests how your soil can be best prepared for maximum growing results and gives creative landscaping tips for combining textures and forms to maximum effect. Engagingly written by the head gardener at Larnach Castle, whose gardens are world-renowned, it deserves a place on every gardener's book shelf.
The Meaning Of Trees
The Meaning Of Trees - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Meaning Of Trees write by Robert Vennell. This book was released on 2019-04-23. The Meaning Of Trees available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The history and use of New Zealand's native plants A guide and gift book in equal measure, this treasure of a book pays homage to New Zealand's native plant species. The Meaning of Trees tells the story of plants and people in Aotearoa New Zealand. Beautifully illustrated with botanical drawings, paintings and photographs, it shows us how a globally unique flora has been used for food, medicine, shelter, spirituality and science. From Jurassic giants to botanical oddballs - these are our wonderful native and endemic plants, in an exquisite hardback edition.
A Field Guide to the Native Edible Plants of New Zealand
A Field Guide to the Native Edible Plants of New Zealand - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Field Guide to the Native Edible Plants of New Zealand write by Andrew Crowe. This book was released on 2004-01-01. A Field Guide to the Native Edible Plants of New Zealand available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A practical field guide to New Zealand's native edible plants. Over 190 trees, shrubs, herbs, ferns, mushrooms, lichens and seaweeds are described in detail in this useful and attractive book, with information on which part is edible and when, how plants have been utilised, particularly by Maori, their nutritional value, and where they can be found. In a separate section, Andrew Crowe also describes important poisonous plants that are native to New Zealand or are likely to be confused with the edible plants. Illustrated with line drawings and colour photographs, this informative book will be of interest to trampers, botanists and all who appreciate New Zealand's native flora.
Going Native
Going Native - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Going Native write by Ian F. Spellerberg. This book was released on 2004. Going Native available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Have you ever wondered how best to incorporate New Zealand native plants into your garden? Or how to re-create a patch of native bush? This book is a rich compendium of ideas, describing the many and varied practical uses of New Zealand native plants. With contributions from gardening experts to moving accounts from school children, this is a book by New Zealanders for New Zealand. If you are wondering which New Zealand native plants are frost-tender, which prefer coastal sites or which are tall-growing species, there is an extensive A-Z glossary to guide you. Advice on landscaping with natives and on cultivating from seed or cuttings is presented in richly illustrated chapters. This book will help ensure there is a better future for our rich and diverse flora.
