Ornamental grasses are at home in a mixed border or as striking individual specimens. They adapt to a wide range of climates and soils, need little or no maintenance, and resist most pests and diseases. They can anchor a slope or live happily in a container. They are also new to many gardeners, for whom this book will be both an introduction and a very practical guide, with its 165 full-color photos of landscape ideas and portraits of the best grasses for any site - wet or dry, sunny or shady.
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Roger Holmes, the founding editor of Fine Gardening magazine, has edited several titles in the Taylor's Guide series.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Very Complete, Great Photographs,
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Almost a 5 star book. It contains 128 photographs of individual plant varieties. Great clean bright photos make identification easy (well as easy as it gets with grasses).It contains an 'Encyclopedia of Grasses', some 104 pages of text that contain two or three paragraphs about each variety. There is also 40 some pages on general ornamental grass information, and 50 additional grasses in the garden photos. It's a good book on ornamental grasses, and almost a great book. Worth the money, especially if you have no other reference book on ornamental grasses. Still, there are some minor criticisms: First, the book is only 4-1/2 inches wide. I lose it in the bookcase, I find it hard to hold, and the damn thing won't stay open to the page I was reading unless I hold it open. Second, the picture is on one page, and the text is someplace else. Couldn't we put the picture and the text on the same page. Doh! - what a concept. Third, some of the information is very exact, while other information is vague. For example, some growing conditions are listed as 'sun or shade' - well, that just about covers it. Could we be more specific, like 'it grows best in sun, but tolerates shades'. Don't get me wrong, I do like this book. I use it frequently and it's the best ornamental grass book that I own. Clearly worth the money.
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The grass is not only greener - ---------------------------!!!,
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It comes in hundreds of colors, varieties and useful blendings in a modern and private garden. This book gives wonderfull pictures and ideas on the proper decoramental grasses for your garden. Love this book as a preplanner and usefule guide for what will lwork.
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Fine resource...but check the condition.,
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This is an excellent presentation of everything one might care to know about ornamental grasses. But the first copy I received had a LOT of blank pages where text and illustrations should have been. Of course Amazon replaced the defective copy with no additional cost to me. Check your copy carefully upon receipt.
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Not so long ago, a patch of ribbon grass by the back door or a clump of Eulalia grass standing sentry in the front yard was about as decorative as grasses got on residential properties. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
natal grass, average garden soil, average garden conditions, clumping grasses, rhizomatous roots, erect clumps, running bamboo, arching foliage, old foliage, manna grass, tufted hair grass, airy panicles, running grasses, feather reed grass, fountain grass, blue oat grass, giant cane, ribbon grass, part shade, ornamental grasses, open panicles, switch grass, blue fescue, coastal gardens, naturalistic plantings Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Grow Sun, Grow Full, New Zealand, North America, Grow Same, Grow Light, Old World, United States, West Coast, Northern Hemisphere, Nova Scotia, Southeast Asia New!
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Not so long ago, a patch of ribbon grass by the back door or a clump of Eulalia grass standing sentry in the front yard was about as decorative as grasses got on residential properties. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
natal grass, average garden soil, average garden conditions, clumping grasses, rhizomatous roots, erect clumps, running bamboo, arching foliage, old foliage, manna grass, tufted hair grass, airy panicles, running grasses, feather reed grass, fountain grass, blue oat grass, giant cane, ribbon grass, part shade, ornamental grasses, open panicles, switch grass, blue fescue, coastal gardens, naturalistic plantings Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Grow Sun, Grow Full, New Zealand, North America, Grow Same, Grow Light, Old World, United States, West Coast, Northern Hemisphere, Nova Scotia, Southeast Asia New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- How to Manage Small Prairie Fires by W. Pauly in Front Matter
- Tennessee Gardener's Guide by Judy Lowe in Back Matter
- The Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses: Sedges, Rushes, Restios, Cat-tails, and Selected Bamboos by Rick Darke in Back Matter
- Illinois Gardener's Guide by James A. Fizzell in Back Matter
- Illinois Gardener's Guide: Revised Edition (Gardener's Guides) by James A Fizzell in Back Matter
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