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Florida Plant Selector: A Guide to Choice and Use of Over 100 Landscape Plants

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This is a wonderful, comprehensive listing - with lots of useful info - of plants for Florida gardeners. I could only wish that the illustrations were more detailed and in color to make identification a little bit easier. Great book though - highly recommended.

Nice that it is a small book and there is good info for the things that are in there. There does not seem to be any real organization and the index is the only way to find what you are looking for (though it is a small book). I got this looking for guidance on what to plant in my yard in the Florida Keys. Florida climate varies from the pan handle to the keys and I did not find any specific help on what would work best in my yard (i.e. the fact that it is a florida landscape plant does not mean it is good anywhere in florida...) It gives you the info you would need to deduce that if you are experienced at landscaping (soil ph, salt tolerance, freeze tolerance) but I was looking for more direct advice. It tells you where the plant is native to also and since I am looking to plant natives that is useful but still not specific enough. An awesome resource for south floridians can be found here: http://regionalconservation.org/beta/nfyn/default.asp

This is a great book for Florida gardeners and I was replacing one that I have worn out.