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Betrock's Guide to Landscape Palms 164 Info filled pages. 102 color photos.
Publ. Great Outdoors Publ. Co., Sep. 1992 |
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Palms of South Florida The precursor to Betrock's Guide. Soft Cover with 251 pages and illustrations. It will help palm enthusiasts understand the differences among the bewildering array of palms. Beginners in palm study are often dismayed to discover that botanists do not separate the palms into categories by single characteristics but rather by a long list of criteria that are described in jargon. This is a book for those who are interested in palms ! but have not mastered the technical method or vocabulary of the botanists.. Publ. University Press of FL, 1974 & 1996 ISBN: 0813014417 by George B. Stevenson Price: about $20.00 (+S&H) |
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Palms And Cycads Beyond The Tropics A Guide to Growing Cold-Hardy Species 150 pages with 137 color photos and descriptions of 53 genera of palms and cycads. Many tables and suggestions for maching the right species with your landscape's climate. Also chapters on cultivation, diseases, climates, coldhardiness, and primers on ea. palms and cycads. Publ. 1992 PACSOA ISBN: 0958793166 by Keith Boyer Price: about $10.00 + S&H |
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Hardiest Palms On 4 pages with 1 b/w picture a wonderful summary of numerous freezes from the east to the west coast and how various palms fared under these conditions in a quest to find the most hardy palm species. Specific accounts with minimum temperatures for: Sabal minor, Trachycarpus fortunei, T. martianus, Rhapidophyllum hystrix, Chamaerops humilis, Serenoa repens, Washingtonia filifera.
Reprrint Vol28#2 Fairchild Tropical Garden Bulletin, April 1973. |
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Further Information on Hardy Palms 4 page article with 3 b/w pictures. Biologist, Robert McCartney, discusses in a letter to Dr. Popenoe more of the most hardy palm species and how they fared in the most marginal locations: Sabal minor, Serenoa repens, Rhapidophyllum hystrix, Trachycarpus fortunei, Butia capitata, Chamaerops humilis, Washingtonia filifera, Jubaea chilensis, Nannorhops ritchiana, Sabal palmetto.
Reprint Vol28#2 Fairchild Tropical Graden Bulletin Oct 1973 |
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Palms For Texas Landscapes 3 pages, 5 b/w pictures, and a Texas USDA Zone Map. Includes many cultivating tips for growing palms in cooler climates. Explicitely rates 15 palmate palms and 9 pinnate palms according to the USDA TX zone map.
Publ. Agri.Exp.Station & Agri.Ext.Service at TX A&M University. |
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Palms For Southern California Covers many hardy palms on approx. 40 pages. Inlcudes many details and minimum temperatures for CA. by T. Reynoso New edition 1999 Price: about $10.00 + S&H |
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The Diamond Lane Guide To Growing Palms In A Temperate Climate A lot of practical information and tips on growing palms in the cooler Californian climate. by Don Tollefson Price: (incl.S&H) US:$32.90 Foreign:$33.90 |
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Subtropical Gardening in a Temperate Climate More than 200 pages and 5 color photos. Palms, bananas, bamboos, tree ferns and many companion plants can be grown in temperate climates to create the impression of a lush tropical landscape. This book will show you how you can successfully create a "subtropical"garden using such exotic plants. The author, James Reynolds, is the President of the VanDusen Botanical Garden Association in Vancouver, Canada, and a member of the Pacific Northwest Palm and Exotic Plant Society. He has experimented for several years with such gardening. Learn from his experience and that of other enthusiasts. Hylea Publ. 1997 by James I. Reynolds ISBN: 0-9682951-0-X Price: (incl.S&H) US: about $23.00 |
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Growing Coconuts in South Florida 67 pages spiralbound paperback. A must have for anyone trying to grow coconuts from seed. Includes a lot of practical tips and tricks.A complete guide to coconut(Cocos nucifera) varieties, planting, management, cold protection, fertilizing, pests, diseases, irrigation, and uses for South Florida.
Publ. by Romney, 1998 |
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Hardy Enough Journal of Experimental Gardening Hardy Enough shows cold-climate gardeners how to grow warm-climate plants. It's been almost two decades since we began growing exotics, and we've learned a trick or two. Still, much of our success comes from the three S's of experimenting, Selection, Siting, and Shelter: We select the hardiest variety, site it in the best microclimate, and shelter it from the worst of winter's icy blasts. Recommended by: COUNTRY JOURNAL, HORTICULTURE, FINE GARDENING, PLANTS & GARDENS, and GARDEN MAGAZINE. We operate an exlusive nursery just for our readers. Frustrated to find plants unavailable after months of research we went on the road, visiting small nurseries, botanical gardens, or wild sites, tracking hardy types to their northernmost range. Plants collected are unique in beauty and hardiness. Yet only after on site testing do these plants enter our journal and our catalog (if we say it is hardy to -17F, we saw it take -17F). Price: $4 sample copy, $29 1-yr(5 issues), $49 2-yrs, $68 3-yrs. |
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Manureva Association des collectionneurs de platnes exotiques This French organization publishes a wonderful magazine, Manureva, with lots of color photographs and a wide variety of articles about palms, cycads, and other tropicals in temperate regions.
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Palm Quarterly Magazine (Publication stopped during 1980s) The ultimate magazine for hardy palms.
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Chuck's Newsletter (Publication stopped during the 1990s) A great magazine for hardy palms in the pacific northwest. Publ. Fulton Botanical Gardens |
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Seed Germination Theory and Practice Wish I had some years ago when I first tried to grow plants from seed aquite incredible book, paper back, Seed Germination Theory and Practice by Dr. Norman C. Deno. The book is based on his work with 145families, 805 genera and about 2500 species. The book is priced at 20.00postpaid anywhere in the world. Send orders to Norman C. Deno 139 LenorDrive, State College, PA 16801. I am very sure you will not bedisappointed. He gives a procedure for use of gibberellins that does notrequire a chemical balance and expensive equipment.A truly remarkablecollection of information! Merrill Speeter in Kalamazoo. Merrill E. Speeter. While the beneficial effects of GA-3 in stimulating germination have been known in the scientific literature since the early 20th century, Dr. Deno is the first person to study them in depth and make his findings available to the ordinary home grower. He has also discovered other gibberelins (GA-7) are required for the germination of species whose germination pattern until recently has remained a mystery (Sanguinaria canadensis- Bloodroot). There are also 2 subsequent Supplements, for $15.00 each. In addition to continuing the work begun in the original book, they also include extensive information on the germination of cacti and orchids. My own research is quoted in the 1st supplement.
Dr.Deno has now ceased the specific work on germination and is working on the issue of seed viability and storage.
2nd edition |
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Germinating Palms and Dividing Clumping Species Paul Craft's Upcoming Book on propagating Palms. Publ. ? Price: ? |
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