Encyclopedia of garden ferns /

Encyclopedia of garden ferns /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Olsen, Sue (Suzanne)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Ferns, Ornamental > Pictorial works.
Ferns > Pictorial works.
Fougères ornementales > Ouvrages illustrés.
Fougères > Ouvrages illustrés.
Varens.
Sierplanten.
Online Access:Table of contents only
Publisher description
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / George Schenk
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Portraits of ferns through the seasons
  • ch. 1. Ferns through the ages
  • ch. 2. Cultivating ferns
  • Woodland gardens
  • Containers
  • Mounted ferns / George Schenk
  • Rock gardens
  • Ferns on walls
  • Xeric ferns
  • Stumperies
  • Bogs
  • Tree ferns
  • Growing ferns indoors
  • ch. 3. Propagating ferns
  • Vegetative propagation
  • Spores
  • Growing your own
  • Cultivars
  • Hybrids
  • Tissue culture
  • ch. 4. Fern structure and basic diagnostics
  • ch. 5. Ferns from around the world
  • Appendix 1 : USDA plant hardiness zone map
  • Appendix 2 : European plant hardiness zone map
  • Appendix 3 : Award-winning ferns
  • Appendix 4 : Favorite ferns for sites around the world
  • Appendix 5 : Ferns for special situations
  • Appendix 6 : Fern societies
  • Appendix 7 : Where to see ferns
  • Appendix 8 : Where to buy ferns
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Index of plant names.