Plants with Superpowers 75 Remarkable Plants for your Garden and Home

by Domoney, David

• ISBN13: 9781836001171
• ISBN10: 1836001177
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781836001188
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2025-03-25
• Publisher: Frances Lincoln
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Summary

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-freeze
• The military uses deadly nightshade to counteract chemical warfare
• Venus fly traps have a memory and can count
• A potato can charge your mobile phone
• The sensitive plant moves when touched
• Prehistoric Ginkgo trees can survive an atomic bomb
• In folklore, blackthorn was thought to have the best wood for magic wands

For 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. 

Author Biography

David Domoney is one of the co-presenters of ITV’s weekly Love your Garden (c.3-4 million viewers) alongside Alan Titchmarsh and others. He also has his own gardening/media business with a team of 12, including social media managers, and works closely with a lot gardening centres and others nurseries (eg Blue Diamond, Hillier’s, Fothergills) as well as other retailers.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

• Marimo moss balls
• Horse chestnut
• Lady's mantle
• Garlic
• Aloe vera
• Lemon verbena
• Thrift
• Earth's Original Superheroes
• Deadly nightshade
• Berberis
• Butterfly bush
• Heather
• Chillies
• Scaredy cat plant
• Lily of the Valley
• Pampas grass
• Plants as Food
• Money tree
• Cucumber
• String-of-pearls
• Gas plant
• Dumb cane
• Venus flytrap
• Mile-a-minute
• Plants as Medicine
• Snowdrop
• Ginkgo
• Sunflower
• Hydrangea
• Holly
• English Walnut
• Mother of thousands
• Everlasting sweet pea
• Plants as Habitats
• Lavender
• Cress
• Living stones
• Perennial ryegrass
• Magnolia
• Apple tree
• Prayer plant
• Plants and the Climate
• Peppermint
• Sensitive plant
• Swiss cheese plant
• Myrtle
• Pitcher plant
• Catmint
• Waterlily
• Olive tree
• Plants to Cool Our Towns and Cities
• Bee orchid
• Parsley
• Christmas tree
• Scots pine
• Resurrection fern
• Blackthorn
• Firethorn
• Plants Against Erosion
• Oak
• Stag's horn sumach
• Rose
• Willow
• Sage
• Rosemary
• Snake plant
• Voodoo lily
• Plants for Air Quality 
• Giant redwood
• Tomato
• Potato
• Peace lily
• Sweetleaf
• Marigolds
• Dandelion
• Plants in Contemporary Design 
• Yew
• Air plant
• Stinging nettles
• Bladderwort
• Blueberry
• Pansy
• Strawflower
• Night phlox

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