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Landscaping with Native Plants of Wisconsin

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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.

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.

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.

I am pleased with this book, the information is clearly presented, nicely organized and the photography is outstanding. I appreciate the fact that it gives me grasses, wildflowers, shrubs and trees to select from with detailed descriptions of each species. Ms Steiner also makes suggestion for use of plants that are non-native but not a threat to our environment to use in conjunction with the natives if desired. I read the entire book and will definitely be using it for reference again and again.

This book without question exceeded all expectations I may have harbored. I have a dream of both creativity and restoration on the land for which I am now caretaker. With the assistance of theis book I will do so.

This book had all the information I needed. There are many pictures of the varieties of plants and also lists of shade plants, water plants, ornamental trees, shade trees, what plants go well with others etc...a very nice book.

The title says it all. I went through this book once and sold it. You can find plenty of into on native plants by visiting gardens and nurseries in the area, not to mention basic web searches. The book failed to create any inspiration in my own garden.