Plants for American Landscapes [Hardcover]

Neil G. Odenwald (Author), Charles F., Jr. Fryling (Author), Thomas E. Pope (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1996

A guide to the identification, selection, and culture of more than a thousand of the most popular ornamental plants grown in the U.S. includes eight hundred full-color photographs and information on the unique attributes of each plants. UP.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Recalling paper dolls and their cut-out clothes, The Garden Pack by Sue Phillips (Well-Planned Garden) offers a three-dimensional planning kit with which gardeners can design and visualize their gardens. Included are a fold-out grid; cardboard plant cards representing 265 trees, shrubs and flowers; sheets representing ground covers; cut-outs for boundaries (walls, hedges and fences); and a soil testing kit. An accompanying book discusses sites, soil, light and moisture requirements and includes a plant directory. (Viking, $24.95 48p ISBN 0-670-86963-5; Nov.)
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Three experts in landscape architecture and horticulture have produced this handy guide to more than 1000 dependable landscape plants used in American gardening. General information is followed by more specific information for individual ornamentals within a given group of plants. Individual plant descriptions include the plant's environmental requirements. Numerous color photos add to the book's value for those unfamiliar with the appearance of the plant. A helpful resource for students in horticulture and landscape architecture who are studying standard ornamental plants in their profession, this is also a valuable tool for home gardeners selecting plants for their home landscapes. (Photos and index not seen.)?Dale Luchsinger, Milwaukee Area Technical Coll.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 368 pages
• Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr (November 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807120936
• ISBN-13: 978-0807120934
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,034,685 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Resource, April 6, 2011

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keepreading - See all my reviews

This review is from: Plants for American Landscapes (Paperback)

This is a fantasic reference book. You will find yourself returning to it again and again. The information is precise and accurate, the fabulous photos are collected from gardens spanning the globe - a plus in my book. I currently live in humid Louisiana deep south, but this book has been helpful to me in garden situations from the dry Desert Southwest through mid-Appalacian mountains. This book deserves a place in any serious garden library.

2.0 out of 5 stars Quality Plant Images, Poor Reference, May 3, 2010

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J. Rawyk (Providence, RI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Plants for American Landscapes (Paperback)

Poorly organized with no discernible logic. The lack of a sectioned table of contents is irritating. Works more like a coffee-table book than a serious reference book. Common Name given first, Latin name subtitled, with height and spread in feet and zone hardiness below, followed by a short general description describing habit, form, flowering, etc. Photographs are noteworthy and probably the only merit of this book.