Landscaping with Native Plants of Wisconsin [Paperback]

Lynn M. Steiner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 15, 2007

Aimed at beginners and veteran gardeners alike, this book is designed to help Wisconsin gardeners find, plant, and maintain the best native species for their specific sites, however modest or lavish. 

Gardening with native plants is an ever-more popular practice—and for good reason.  Naturally suited to a region’s climate and soil, native plants tend to thrive, and to reflect a true “fit” with the environment. 

 

The Native Plant Profiles section offers comprehensive descriptions of some 600 species of flowers and groundcovers, trees, shrubs, vines, evergreens, grasses, and ferns native to Wisconsin, as well as information on planting, maintenance, and landscape uses for each plant.

With advice on the process of designing a natural garden that fits each lifestyle and family, the book will guide readers to the level of native plant landscaping that is just right for them. 

 

Editorial Reviews

Review

The Midwest Book Review, May 2007

“Beautifully illustrated … an essential instructional guide to successful native-plant gardening in Wisconsin … the definitive and strongly recommended reference for any Wisconsin gardener or landscaper wanting to utilize and incorporate Wisconsin native plants.”

Book Description

Combining field-guide practicality and sound garden design advice, this book shows beginning and experienced gardeners how to incorporate Wisconsin's unique native plants into home landscapes. The plant profiles section includes comprehensive descriptions of approximately 150 flowers, trees, shrubs, vines, evergreens, grasses, and ferns that grew in Wisconsin before European settlement, as well as complete information on planting, maintenance, and landscape uses for each plant.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Voyageur Press; 1st edition (April 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0760329699
• ISBN-13: 978-0760329696
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #126,377 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lynn Steiner has been a professional garden writer since 1987, focusing her writing since 2003 on native plants and how to bring them into home landscapes. As a popular speaker she travels extensively, visiting natural areas, native plant landscapes, and botanical gardens wherever she goes.

Lynn grew up in northeastern Wisconsin, where she spent many enjoyable hours hiking and camping in the north woods. She has a Bachelor of Science in natural resources from the University of Wisconsin and a master's degree in horticulture with a minor in agricultural journalism from the University of Minnesota.

Lynn is the author of four books on using native plants in gardens and landscapes and is working on a book on rain gardens. "Landscaping with Native Plants of Minnesota" was a finalist in the 2006 Minnesota Book Awards in the Science and Nature Category. "Landscaping with Native Plants of Michigan" was named a Michigan Notable Book for 2007.

Lynn lives with her husband, a golden retriever, and two cats on a 100-year-old farmstead in east-central Minnesota, where she enjoys tending her gardens, watching the progress of her restored prairie and oak woodland, and hunting for native plants in the surrounding countryside.

Customer Reviews

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The definitive and strongly recommended reference for any Wisconsin gardener or landscaper, May 7, 2007

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Landscaping with Native Plants of Wisconsin (Paperback)

Beautifully illustrated throughout with full-color photography, "Landscape With Native Plants Of Wisconsin" by Lynn M. Steiner (one of the Midwest's most respected garden writers with a life-long interest in native plants) is an essential instructional guide to successful native-plant gardening in Wisconsin. This is the first gardening and landscaping guidebook to focus specifically on the use of Wisconsin's native plants and native-plant communities in home gardens and landscapes. All the basic information is provided, including how to determine what level of native-plant landscaping is appropriate for where the garden is to be located in the Badger state. This thoroughly "user friendly" compendium of expert advice on the process of designing, implementing, and maintaining a natural garden includes plant lists, solutions to commonly encountered landscaping issues ranging from deer-resistant plants, to shade gardens, to water-wise gardens, what native plants work best in different garden styles, water gardens, rock gardens, humming bird gardens, butterfly gardens, and so much more. With descriptions of some 500 Wisconsin native-plant species, varieties, and cultivars of flowers, trees, shrubs, vines, evergreens, grasses, ferns, and groundcovers, "Landscape With Native Plants Of Wisconsin" is the definitive and strongly recommended reference for any Wisconsin gardener or landscaper wanting to utilize and incorporate Wisconsin native plants.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It is a great publication, March 30, 2008

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WI Native girl "Prima" (WI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Landscaping with Native Plants of Wisconsin (Paperback)

I bought two "Landscaping with Native Plants of WI, one for me and one for my daughter's birthday. 99.9% of the pages have colored pictures. It give about a half page for each plant providing a good description and concise info on native habitat, uses, good compantions, site prep. It covers flowers, grsses, ferns, vines, evergreens and desicuous shrubs and trees. I would recommend the book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Helpful Native Landscaping Info, March 11, 2010

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This review is from: Landscaping with Native Plants of Wisconsin (Paperback)

Very thorough book with details of so many types of WI native plants (flowers, grasses and sedges, ferns, and trees). Great info about using native plants in your home landscape. It is an important part of my landscaping references as I plan and execute my landscaping around my new home.