Ornamental Palm Horticulture [Hardcover]

Timothy K. Broschat (Author), Alan W. Meerow (Author)

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Avid recreational gardeners, designers, and nursery professionals who enjoy growing dramatic ornamental palms will welcome this comprehensive manual comprising palm biology, propagation techniques, cultural requirements, and overall care. Broschat and Meerow approach their subject from a learned perspective, yet nonprofessionals should be easily able to navigate the chapters in order to glean sound advice on plants' growth habits, environmental stresses, pests, and diseases. More than 100 colorplates, as well as black-and-white photographs and line drawings, illustrate this excellent guide to cultivating palm trees. Alice Joyce
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 344 pages
• Publisher: University Press of Florida; 1st edition (November 4, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0813018048
• ISBN-13: 978-0813018041
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #140,101 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #24 in Books > Professional & Technical > Professional Science > Agricultural Sciences > Horticulture

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40 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ornamental Palm Horticulture - Best book of its type!, October 23, 2000

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Frank Cox (Fort Myers, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ornamental Palm Horticulture (Hardcover)

The authors give good, solid often overlooked advice on growing and maintaining healthy palms. Many books assume a higher level of expertise by the purchaser. Common practices now have explainations for their useage. Wonderful pictorial section on pest, malnutrition and disease damage with clear photo's. A best buy for anyone in the industry or just a strong interest.

36 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Correcting misunderstandings about this book, October 5, 2001

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Griffinia (Davie, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ornamental Palm Horticulture (Hardcover)

The authors clearly had no intention in writing yet another book filled with photos of palm species that would instruct readers on what palms to plant. There are already many books that provide the service that two of these reviewers ask for ("Betrock's Landscape Palms," "Betrock's Cold Hardy Palms," "Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms") that give detailed horticultural information on palm species. The intent of this book is made very clear in the introduction: this a book on how to deal with palms horticulturally, not a guide on which palms to choose in a landscape.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars More textbook than anything, September 30, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Ornamental Palm Horticulture (Hardcover)

This is a useful book to have around when needing information on just about anything relating to palm horticulture. The only thing I was somewhat disappointed in though, was the lack of cultural information on specific palms. I was expecting something more like how best to grow this specific palm and then turn the page and go on to info. on how to grow the next one. This was more of a general and broad coverage of palms. But this might have been more my expectations were different, as the book is and will be very useful. But sometimes I just like to be able to look at a picture of a mature palm, read all the in's and outs of growing it, and dream or plan of fitting it into my landscape.