Hardy Californians: A Woman's Life with Native Plants
 Lester G. E. Rowntree (1879-1979), free-spirited adventurer and pioneering botanist, was fifty-two when she traded a comfortable home for the life of a peripatetic traveler in the California mountains, deserts, and forests. Through hundreds of magazine ... [... more]
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Native Plants in the Coastal Garden: A Guide for ...
This new edition of a regional classic has been completely revised, updated, and expanded to include many more facets of the joys and challenges of gardening in the maritime Pacific Northwest. Included are new plant discoveries and information on ... [... more]
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Water Wise: Native Plants for Intermountain Landscapes
Today, native plants and water conservation are subjects of vital interest to cities, offices, homeowners, and agriculture alike, as all are affected by the growing shortage of water in the Intermountain region. This comprehensive volume provides ... [... more]
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America's Anniversary Garden: Native Plants
It will take time for your native-plant garden to become well established. Irrigation is critical for the two to three weeks after planting or longer, depending on season and rainfall. A good rule of thumb for the ... [... more]
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Native Plants Provide Tropical Splendor
Rhus copallina, the Shining Sumac, well deserves its name. Its winged compound leaves, reminiscent of a giant fern's, are a rich, lustrous green, so shining as sometimes to appear lacquered, and are perhaps the shrub ... [... more]
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Rare Native Plants
Disney horticulturist Wendy Andrew defines the term "native" as it refers to plants. She explains that about one-fifth of all native varieties are considered rare today, since they are now found only in small numbers ... [... more]
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Going Native - Plants For The Rural Garden
One difficulty encountered by those planning a rural garden is choosing plants which blend in well with the surrounding area. Urban gardens tend to be inward-looking - surrounded by high walls or fences designed to provide privacy and screening ... [... more]
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Native Plants in the Coastal Garden
Updated and revised, this edition of the classic West Coast native plant gardening guide includes twice as many plant descriptions as the original book. With colour photographs and an updated resource section, this edition features new sections on plants ... [... more]
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Landscaping with Native Plants of Texas
Have you ever planted a beautiful, and expensive, shrub in your yard and watched it slowly die because it was in the wrong location? Not enough light, too much water, improper soil, or too hot an exposure can turn the nursery-perfect specimen into an ... [... more]
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Landscaping with Native Plants of Minnesota
Gardeners use native plants for several reasons. For many, their initial attraction is to native plants' reputation for being low maintenance, as well as their ability to survive difficult soil and weather conditions. But equally appealing is the joy of ... [... more]
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Gardening With Native Plants
At the entrance to the show there were three different gardens: the bush garden, the cottage garden, the flower garden. These showed the variety one can obtain by varying the style of garden - all with the use of the wildflower. Ideas such as ... [... more]
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Landscaping with Native Plants of Michigan
Landscaping with Native Plants of Michigan is designed for beginning and experienced gardeners who want to learn more about Michigan's unique native-plant communities and how to successfully incorporate them into their home landscapes. It combines the ... [... more]
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