Plants with Superpowers (eBook)

75 Remarkable Plants for your Garden and Home

David Domoney (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
176 Seiten
Frances Lincoln (Verlag)
978-1-83600-118-8 (ISBN)

Infos

David Domoney is a familiar face on several of UK TV's most popular garden and magazine programs. He is a great enthusiast for the positive power of plants and is constantly discovering and seeking out new and amazing facts about nature. He is known for his ability to turn complex scientific topics into fascinating facts that are easy to understand.In David's new book, he shares with readers an incredible array of plants that have extraordinary capabilities. After considerable research into myths, legends, and scientific papers, in this fantastic read he illustrates how the natural world has truly gifted plants with superpowers.The 75 featured plants each have unique abilities that are wondrous to adults and children alike. They possess a dazzling array of powers and yet can be grown and enjoyed in your garden or home. Learn the mysteries of these plants and you too will be able to appreciate these true wonders. Amongst other examples, discover how:Snowdrops produce their own anti-freezeThe military uses deadly nightshade to counteract chemical warfareVenus fly traps have a memory and can countA potato can charge your mobile phoneThe sensitive plant moves when touchedPrehistoric Ginkgo trees can survive an atomic bombIn folklore, blackthorn was thought to have the best wood for magic wandsFor all the plants that are included in the book, there are reliable growing tips as well as a miscellany of captivating facts, making this ideal for both novice and experienced gardeners alike.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.3.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Schlagworte: acer viper • alchemilla lady's mantle • Aloe Vera • Anthurium • antirrinum • appletree • ash tree • Bamboo • bee orchid • berberis x stenophylla • blackthorn • bladderwort • Blueberry • catmint • Catnip • children • Christmas • coleus caninus • common sea • conkers • Cress • crown fritillary • Dandelion • devil's ivy • dock leaf • Elm • Eucalyptus • evening primrose • family fruit • fast growing • firethorn • Gardening • garlic • Gas • giant rhubarb • gincobiloba • gunnera manicata • Healing • healing plants • Health • Heather • herbs • Holly • houseplant • house plants • Indigo • Indoor plants • Jade • Lavender • lavenderlnight phlox • lawn • lemon scented verbena • living stones • luck • Maple • Marigolds • Mexican Hat • Mood • myrtle • night phlox • olive tree • Oxalis • pansy • parsely • Peace Lily • PEAR • perennial sweet pea • Pets • Pine • pitcher plant • potatoes • Relaxation • resurrection fern • rose • Rosemary • russian vine • Sage • Scaredy Cat • sedum • Semaphore • sensitive plant • slimming • Smoothie • Snake • snowdrops • spinach • string of pearls • sunflowers • Superfood • Superpowers • sycamore • Technology • Thrifts • Thuja • tillandsia • velvet • Venus Fly trap • water lillies
• ISBN-10: 1-83600-118-5 / 1836001185
• ISBN-13: 978-1-83600-118-8 / 9781836001188