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Growing Tasty Tropical Plants in Any Home, Anywhere

(like lemons, limes, citrons, grapefruit, kumquats, sunquats, tahitian oranges, barbados cherries, figs, guavas, dragon fruit, miracle berries, olives, passion fruit, coffee, chocolate, tea, black pepper, cinnamon, vanilla, and more)

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By Byron E. Martin

By Laurelynn G. Martin

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Price

$11.99

Price

$15.99 CAD

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ebook

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ebook $11.99 $15.99 CAD

Enjoy fresh java brewed from your own coffee beans or juice from the orange tree growing in a sunny corner of your living room. Laurelynn G. Martin and Byron E. Martin show you how to successfully plant, grow, and harvest 47 varieties of tropical fruiting plants — in any climate! This straightforward, easy-to-use guide brings papaya, passionfruit, pepper, pineapples, and more out of the tropics and into your home. With plenty of gorgeous foliage, entrancing fragrances, and luscious fruits, local food has never been more exotic.

  • "A must-have resource for anyone interested in growing edible tropical plants. This is straightforward, easy-to-use book provides all the information needed for the home gardener to be successful growing a tantalizing array of tasty exotics."

    Sean Conway, author of Cultivating Life and host of WGN-TV's Cultivating Life

On Sale
Jan 2, 2012
Page Count
160 pages
Publisher
Storey
ISBN-13
9781603424653

Byron E. Martin

Byron E. Martin

About the Author

Byron E. Martin is president and co-owner of Logee’s Plants for Home & Garden, a business that has been in his family since 1892, offering fruiting, rare, and tropical plants. He is also an avid beekeeper who grows pollinator plants to help sustain the local bee population.


Laurelynn G. Martin is vice-president and co-owner of Logee’s Plants for Home & Garden, a retail and online business based in Danielson, CT that specializes in fruiting, rare, and tropical plants, as well as hardy garden plants, easy-to-grow houseplants, begonias, and many more rare and unusual plants, with customers across the United States.

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Laurelynn G. Martin

Laurelynn G. Martin

About the Author

Laurelynn G. Martin is vice-president and co-owner of Logee’s Plants for Home & Garden, a retail and online business based in Danielson, CT that specializes in fruiting, rare, and tropical plants, as well as hardy garden plants, easy-to-grow houseplants, begonias, and many more rare and unusual plants, with customers across the United States.


Byron E. Martin is president and co-owner of Logee’s Plants for Home & Garden, a business that has been in his family since 1892, offering fruiting, rare, and tropical plants. He is also an avid beekeeper who grows pollinator plants to help sustain the local bee population.

Learn more about this author