Arid Plants

Agaves, Yuccas, and Related Plants: A Gardener’s Guide [ILLUSTRATED] (Hardcover)

Review
“A wealth of information on the cultivation and gardening uses of Agave and Yucca.” — SciTech Book News, September 2000″The enthusiasm of the two authors shines through and should bring many converts to these formidable plants.” — Gordon Rowley, The Garden, January 2001″This vo (more…)

Cacti, Agaves, and Yuccas of California and Nevada (Paperback)

Review
More than five dozen species are described and illustrated by Ingram’s excellent photography. The majority are shown in brilliant bloom, starting with the red-orange flowers of the Mojave mound cactus pictured on the cover. Ingram times his many treks into deserts and other remot (more…)

10 Agave Chiapensis Tropical Zeroscape Plant Seeds

Product Description
Agave chiapensis

A midsized, tropical Agave that grows on limestone cliffs in southern Mexico (Chiapas) and forms a beautiful rosette of broad, sparsely armed, gray green leaves. It needs regular watering in summer and can take light frost in winter

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Agave: Webster’s Timeline History, 1782 – 2007 (Paperback)

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Webster’s bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on “Agave,” including when used in lit (more…)

Agaves, Yuccas, and Related Plants: A Gardener’s Guide (Unknown Binding)

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Papers on Yucca and Agave: 1892-1937 (Unknown Binding)

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Encyclopedia of Exotic Plants for Temperate Climates (Hardcover)

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“Here’s the book for you if you’re a hopelessly adventuresome ‘envelope-pusher’ in the garden.” George Weigel, Harrisburg Patriot News (Harrisburg Patriot-News )”Here’s the book for you if you’re a hopelessly adventuresome ‘envelope-pusher’ in the garden.” George Weigel, Harrisbu (more…)

Remarkable Agaves and Cacti (Paperback)

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“In his exploration of their past, present, and potential future uses, Park S. Nobel-an internationally renowned expert on the subject-explores how agaves and cacti have served…as ornamental horticulture, as a key ingredient of tequila, as hallucinogens in religious rites, and (more…)

Plants For Dry Climates: How To Select, Grow, And Enjoy, Revised Edition (Paperback)

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“A splendid introduction to desert gardening.” — Sun City News-Sun 03/21/04″An extensive reference book…a good book to daydream over when planning a desert garden.” — New Mexico Magazine, 8/02″The first comprehensive plant book devoted to the growing conditions of our regio (more…)

Environmental Biology of Agaves and Cacti (Paperback)

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The Environmental Biology of Agaves and Cacti constitutes the first comprehensive review of how these two interesting and economically important desert succulent taxa respond, in what turn out to be remarkably similar ways, to specific environmental factors such as w (more…)