Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants Suitable for Cultivation, Volume 3This publication caters for the professional horticulturist and amateur gardening enthusiast, and is written in an easy to understand style. Scientific terms, where used, have been explained or included in the comprehensive glossary. The text is complemented by many delicately executed line drawings by Trevor Blake and a wonderful selection of colour photographs. This is the fourth of a multi-volume set in which the authors have drawn on their extensive experience of years devoted to the culture of Australian plants. Volume Four treats the following genera in great detail: EUCALYPTUS (with the most comprehensive cultivation details available), FICUS, FLINDERSIA, GASTROLOBIUM, GOMPHOLOBIUM, GOODENIA and GOSSYPIUM. |
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Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants Suitable for Cultivation, Volume 3 Winston Rodger Elliot,David Lloyd Jones No preview available - 1980 |
Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants Suitable for Cultivation, Volume 3 Winston Rodger Elliot,David Lloyd Jones No preview available - 1980 |
Common terms and phrases
0.5 cm long apex areas Australia axillary axils Benth blunt bracts branches branchlets calyx Cape York Peninsula capsule clumps clusters cm long cm tall coastal colour container plant Cultivar cymes Dampiera dappled shade dark green Darwinia Dendrobium densely hairy drained soils drupe Dwarf shrub Dwarf to small endemic Epiphytic erect Eremophila Eriostemon fern flower-heads flowers tubular frosts fruit full sun garden genus glabrous grown grows growth hairs hardy hybrid inflorescence known in cultivation labellum lanceolate leaves light to medium linear margins medium soils moist Muell north-eastern Qld oblong orchid ovate pale panicle partial or full partial sun pedicels perennial herb petals petiole pink Propagate from cuttings Propagate from seed pruning pseudobulbs racemes rainforests rhizomes sandy seed or cuttings sepals sessile shiny shrub slender small shrub Small to medium solitary species spreading stamens stems subtropical terete terminal tolerant tree tropical usually yellow young shoots