Gardening with Native Wild Flowers [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Samuel B. Jones Jr. (Author), Leonard E. Foote (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2010

Gardening with Native Wild Flowers

The authors introduce the reader to the landscape possiblities of plants frequently overlooked, or those wrongly considered to be common and therefore unintersting. Gardeners from just east of the Great Plains to the Atlantic will find detailed information on which plants to use and how to use them. There are extensive plant lists for both shady and sunny garden spots and for boggy sites, as well as chapters on native groundcovers; ferns and fern allies; and grasses, sedges, and rushes. These are complemented by over 200 color photographs to create a beautiful and handy guide.

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"A must have reference for lanscape professionals or serious gardeners who wish to create or preserve natural plantings."
-Atlanta Journal Constitution (Atlanta Journal Constitution )

Book Description

This classic on native plants encourages the garden use of wild flowers, grasses, ground covers, and hardy ferns native to the eastern and mid-western U.S., suggesting suitable plants for woodland, meadow, and wetland features in the garden.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 248 pages
• Publisher: Timber Press (March 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0881923818
• ISBN-13: 978-0881923810
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,362,503 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The bible of native flowers!, July 24, 2001

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This review is from: Gardening with Native Wild Flowers (Paperback)

I never thought I would take a gardening book to bed with me. This one is a pleasure to read and taught me a lot about identification and gardening uses of native wildflowers of the southeast and northeast. It's the first book I grab to look up a species. Lots of full color photographs have made it much easier for me to identify the plants I want at the nursery. The two authors are coming from different perspectives - one has a natural meadow/woodlands landscape and the other uses native plants in a more controlled garden setting along with exotics. Between the two of them, the reader gets a balanced idea of the possibilities of introducing native flowers to their own yards. I only wish the index combined scientific names with common names, rather than having two separate indexes. It would also be convenient if the plant photos were on the same pages as the descriptions. But those are minor criticisms of an overall superb book.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars too garbled, September 5, 2002

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astersia "astersia" (midwest United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gardening with Native Wild Flowers (Paperback)

I have an extensive collection of books on native plants - and the plants
to go with them! This book is one of my least favorite. The information is
not well sorted or presented. I would recommend C. Colston Burrell's
"Encyclopedia of Wildflowers" in preference to this book.
Or Carole Otteson's "Native Plant Primer" with trees and shrubs in addition to
herbaceous perennials.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good content, don't like how it's presented, December 29, 2002

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secondadd "secondadd" (Dublin, OH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gardening with Native Wildflowers (Hardcover)

This is one of the better books when it comes to information about growing native plants. The authors are not shy about their opinions and the book is better for it.

On the down side, the book is not nearly as exhaustive as Cullina's books. I also don't like that it puts the photographs apart from the text, as this makes for some annoying page-flipping. The quality of the photographs is also rather amateurish.

A tepid recommendation would be a hearty one with a better layout and improved pictures.