Gardening with Native Wildflowers [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

by Samuel B. Jones Jr. (Author), Leonard E. Foote (Author) "If you are interested in gardening with herbaceous plants native to eastern and midwestern North America, or using these plants in the landscape, this book..." (more)
Key Phrases: North America, New York, North Carolina (more...)

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"A must have reference for lanscape professionals or serious gardeners who wish to create or preserve natural plantings."
-Atlanta Journal Constitution (Atlanta Journal Constitution )

A must have reference for lanscape professionals or serious gardeners who wish to create or preserve natural plantings. -Atlanta Journal Constitution (Atlanta Journal Constitution )

Product Description
This classic on native plants encourages the garden use of wild flowers, grasses, ground covers, and hardy ferns native to the eastern and midwestern U.S., suggesting suitable plants for woodland, meadow, and wetland features in the garden.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 247 pages
• Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated (March 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0881923818
• ISBN-13: 978-0881923810
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #949,530 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The bible of native flowers!, July 24, 2001

By A Customer

I never thought I would take a gardening book to bed with me. This one is a pleasure to read and taught me a lot about identification and gardening uses of native wildflowers of the southeast and northeast. It's the first book I grab to look up a species. Lots of full color photographs have made it much easier for me to identify the plants I want at the nursery. The two authors are coming from different perspectives - one has a natural meadow/woodlands landscape and the other uses native plants in a more controlled garden setting along with exotics. Between the two of them, the reader gets a balanced idea of the possibilities of introducing native flowers to their own yards. I only wish the index combined scientific names with common names, rather than having two separate indexes. It would also be convenient if the plant photos were on the same pages as the descriptions. But those are minor criticisms of an overall superb book.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars too garbled, September 5, 2002

By	compost queen "astersia" (Johnston, IA United States) - See all my reviews

I have an extensive collection of books on native plants - and the plants
to go with them! This book is one of my least favorite. The information is
not well sorted or presented. I would recommend C. Colston Burrell's
"Encyclopedia of Wildflowers" in preference to this book.
Or Carole Otteson's "Native Plant Primer" with trees and shrubs in addition to
herbaceous perennials.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good content, don't like how it's presented, December 29, 2002

By	secondadd "secondadd" (Dublin, OH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gardening with Native Wildflowers (Hardcover)

This is one of the better books when it comes to information about growing native plants. The authors are not shy about their opinions and the book is better for it.

On the down side, the book is not nearly as exhaustive as Cullina's books. I also don't like that it puts the photographs apart from the text, as this makes for some annoying page-flipping. The quality of the photographs is also rather amateurish.

A tepid recommendation would be a hearty one with a better layout and improved pictures.