Alpines, From Mountain to Garden [Audiobook] download free by Richard Wilford
- Listen audiobook: Alpines, From Mountain to Garden
- Author: Richard Wilford
- Release date: 2010/3/10
- Publisher: ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Natural History
- ISBN: 9781842461723
- Rating: 7.97 of 10
- Votes: 387
- Review by: Ryan Champion
- Review rating: 8.34 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/11/1
- Duration: 3H16M26S in 256 kbps (52 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-09-18
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: WAV, MPEG4, MP3, AIFF, AAC, FLAC, WMA (compression TZO, TAR.Z, RZ, ZIP, RAR)
- Total pages original book: 260
- Includes a PDF summary of 20 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 15M50S (4 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: There are many different ways to grow an alpineplant and much depends on the habitat and climate of a particular species' natural home. Alpines, from Mountain to Garden gives a refreshing new perspective on these irresistible mountain dwellers by looking at their discovery and introduction intocultivation, the regions of the world they come fromand how this should be taken into account whenplanting them in your garden. Over 300 plants are described and beautifully illustrated.The most significant alpine floras are covered - North America, South America, Japan, China and the Himalayas, Australia and New Zealand, Europe andAfrica. Each chapter considers what plants grow in each region, from high altitudes in lowlandconditions, to drainage, climate, light levels,temperature and precipitation. The introductorychapters include growing, conservation and theimpact of indiscriminatecollecting on many species now on the verge of extinction.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Gardening: Plants, Trees, Wildflowers & Plants, Botany & Plant Sciences, Horticulture
- Download servers: Dropbox, Google Drive, FreakShare, Torrent, pyget, 4Shared, Mediafire, WeTransfer. Compressed in TZO, TAR.Z, RZ, ZIP, RAR
- Format: Hardback
- Approximate value: 60.60 USD
- Dimensions: 246x292x24mm
- Weight: 1,642g
- Printed by: KEW PUBLISHING
- Published in: Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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