Description: Often the only way to own a particular plant is to make it yourself, by acquiring the seeds, cuttings, and, most importantly, the knowledge. In "Making More Plants", Ken Druse, one of America's premier garden book authors, teaches home gardeners of all levels how to grow their own beautiful plants. While most propagation books are dry manuals, reporting the methods for professionals without inspiring readers, "Making More Plants" vividly addresses the desire of everyday gardeners to have rare plants or many plants, to create as well as to nurture-all without unnecessary expense.

Druse briefly explains the science of propagation, then tackles the how-to, from seed propagation, rooting from cuttings, air layering, perennial division, bulb division, root propagation, and more. Based on years of personal research in his own garden and basement plant cart, "Making More Plants" is full of fast new ways to improve the growth and well-being of young plants. In addition, Ken Druse's gorgeous photographs of plants and gardens make the book far more than a manual -- it is a celebration of the most beautiful plants in the world.

With over 500 photographs, charts that outline methods for propagating nearly 300 plants, and a comprehensive source guide that includes information about plant society sales and seed-swaps; seed nursery sources; and sources for propagation materials, this primer should answer everything one wants to know about plant propagation in the garden.

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