This book is the most complete, accessible and affordable guide to freshwater aquaculture in Australia, emphasising sustainable use of all resources: whether it be on a small scale in a backyard pond, or in commercial production on broad acres. It includes detailed information from design and construction of ponds to water quality, enhancing ...
With text and 170 superb colour photos, this book describes and identifies plants suitable for Australian water gardens, whether the water is located in a dam, a pond, a converted swimming pool or an oversized birdbath. It describes about 1100 species and varieties available in Australia, as well as looking at water garden animals.
The first complete guide to the world's most spectacular carnivorous plants, from natural history to practical applications. With 80 color photos and line drawings.
This text is a complete guide for gardeners to the North American pitcher plants - some of the most spectacular looking of all carnivorous plants. The book covers the plants' natural history; describes the 13 species and subspecies of Sarracenia; advises on soil requirements and how to construct a "bog garden"; and considers such issues as ...
This book is the first complete guide to what is known of the uses, cultivation and worldwide availability of edible and other commercially important aquatic plants other than seaweeds, which already have an extensive literature of their own. Whether you are a backyard grower or a botanist, a student of horticulture, or of aquaculture, or of ...
This is a complete manual for planting wetlands and dams, from design and construction to collecting plants, seeds and propagation. It includes comprehensive information for all Australian aquatic and wetland plants used in revegetation, demystifies the processes and practices of wetland and dam planting and exposes some of the more dubious myths ...
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