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Plants for American Landscapes

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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.

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.