Every time I look more and more into botany and plants, I realize just how much I don’t know. So I’m calling on you good people of Lemmy to give me some resources. Plus maybe we can add them to the sidebar or a pinned post for other people who are interested.
I was recently given a copy of The Complete Book of Gardening 3rd edition (ed. Michael Wright) and it’s been fun leafing through a forty year old gardening book - I’ve even found newspaper clippings of relevant gardening articles tucked away in some of the pages.
I also like to check myself whenever I get a little too “yeah I know about plants” by working my way through the 5th edition of Plant Systematics
Is there a particular aspect you’re really into right now? I may have some other suggestions
Hmm, a surprisingly difficult question. I really do love all aspects of botany and plants, but I feel like I don’t know much about specific parts of a plant and classifications of parts (like reniform), soil science, and cultivation techniques like grafting.
Definitely check out Plant Systematics for really in depth discussion of this. Additionally, someone sent me a copy of Systematics, Evolution, and Biogeography of Compositae which I’m happy to share. These are both dense, though, just to warn you.
I don’t have much of anything on my shelves regarding grafting, but would recommend Dirr’s Reference Manual of Woody Plant Propagation, the American Horticultural Society’s Plant Propagation, and USDA’s The Woody Plant Seed Manual for some good cultivation / propagation information
Thank you very much for these (very) thorough selections! And the associated links as well haha