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Author
Publisher
Storey Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Laurelynn G. Martin and Byron E. Martin show you how to successfully plant, grow, and harvest 47 varieties of tropical fruiting plants - in any climate! This straightforward, easy-to-use guide brings papaya, passionfruit, pepper, pineapples, and more out of the tropics and into your home"--
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"How to grow extraordinary, rare, tropical houseplants that make a statement, written by an expert on aroids (a family of plants known for its extravagant foliage). Contains fifty plant profiles; information how to obtain, propagate, and care for them; professional tips and advice; behind-the-scenes stories from fellow plant collectors; and stunning photography"--
11) Jungles
Author
Series
Publisher
Golden Book
Pub. Date
[1984]
Language
English
Description
Discusses the animals and some of the plants that live in jungles, the biggest forests in the world.
Author
Language
English
Description
In the heart of New York City, hidden in the back room of an old Laundromat, are nine rare and valuable plants. Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire tells the story of this legendary garden, and the distance one woman must travel—from the cold, harsh streets of Manhattan to the lush jungles of the Yucatan Peninsula—to claim what is hers.
Lila Nova lives alone in a plain, white box of an apartment. Recovering from a heartbreaking...
Lila Nova lives alone in a plain, white box of an apartment. Recovering from a heartbreaking...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Like so many of us, Lucinda Fleeson wanted to escape what had become a routine life. So, she quit her big-city job, sold her suburban house, and moved halfway across the world to the island of Kauai to work at the National Tropical Botanical Garden. Imagine a one-hundred-acre garden estate nestled amid ocean cliffs, rain forests, and secluded coves. Exotic and beautiful, yes, but as Fleeson awakens to this sensual world, exploring the island's food,...
