Breeding New Plants and Flowers

Breeding New Plants and Flowers encourages gardeners of all abilities to experiment with cross-breeding from good quality parent plants. This accessible book brings the skills of hybridizing within the scope of every gardener, allowing the reader to produce new plants for the garden and placing the possibility of creating a prize-winning plant within reach of all. Topics covered: ?The principles of breeding and the processes involved ?Instructions on how to breed a variety of plants, ranging from tomatoes and roses. ?Techniques of pollination, propagation, potting on and planting out ?Advice on selecting good parent plants AUTHOR: Charles W Welch is an award winning plant-breeder, whose new varieties have been exhibited at the Chelsea Flower Show and registered in both the UK and the United States. He has spent many years investigating the processes of hybridization in virtually every category of plant life. Several of his new soft fruit varieties are passing through the trials and registration processes, and will be available to the public. ILLUSTRATIONS: 186 colour photographs 52 line artworks