Carey, Jenny Rose
Summary: "The book proposes a holistic approach to flower gardening, with a refreshing difference: instead of concentrating primarily on color, it brings flower shape to the fore, which results in a more aesthetically pleasing result. The featured plants include both perennials and annuals, and have been chosen for their ease of care, attractiveness to pollinators, and environmental friendliness....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2022
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9 CARCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9 CARPotter, Jennifer
Summary: Traces the histories of seven iconic flowers--including the rose, orchid, and opium poppy--to reveal the nature of their influence and rise to objects of billion-dollar industries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9 POTBuchmann, Stephen L
Summary: An exploration of the roles flowers play in the production of our foods, spices, medicines, and perfumes reveals their origins, myriad shapes, colors, textures and scents, bizarre sex lives, and how humans-- and the natural world-- relate and depend upon them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2015