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The Texas Native Plant Primer: 225 Plants for an Earth-Friendly Garden Paperback – March 4, 2025
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Do you want a garden that makes a real difference? Choose plants native to our Texas. The rewards will benefit you, your yard, and the environment—from reducing maintenance tasks to attracting earth-friendly pollinators such as native birds, butterflies, and bees. Native plant expert Andrea DeLong-Amaya and the world famous Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center make adding these superstar plants easier than ever before, with proven advice that every home gardener can follow.
This incomparable sourcebook includes native ferns, grasses, wildflowers, perennials, vines, shrubs, and trees. It’s everything you need to know to create a beautiful and beneficial garden.
- Print length252 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherTimber Press
- Publication dateMarch 4, 2025
- Dimensions8.05 x 0.51 x 9 inches
- ISBN-10164326110X
- ISBN-13978-1643261102
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From Texas's leading native plant organization comes an accessible and colorful guide to planting native for home gardeners at every level of expertise.
Do you want a garden that makes a real difference? Choose plants native to our Texas. The rewards will benefit you, your yard, and the environment—from reducing maintenance tasks to attracting pollinators such as native birds, butterflies, and bees.
Native plant expert Andrea DeLong-Amaya and the world-famous Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center make adding these superstar plants easier than ever before, with proven advice that every home gardener can follow.
This incomparable sourcebook includes native ferns, grasses, wildflowers, perennials, vines, shrubs, and trees. It’s everything you need to know to create a beautiful and beneficial garden.
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| “Grounded in biodiversity, this book looks at regional habitats and the creatures who call this place home. An invaluable resource for growing in harmony with our special part of the planet.”―The Seattle Times | “A wonderful resource for planning a garden filled with native ferns, wildflowers, perennials, shrubs, trees, and other specimens.” —Martha Stewart, The Martha Blog | “An easy, breezy guide to garden-worthy trees, shrubs, ground covers, perennials and vines for Midwestern landscapes." —Star Tribune | This incomparable sourcebook includes 225 recommended native ferns, grasses, wildflowers, perennials, vines, shrubs, and trees. | “Mary has seen the future of conservation. You may be surprised to learn that it is you!” —Doug Tallamy, author of Nature’s Best Hope |
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Andrea DeLong-Amaya is the director of horticulture, overseeing the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center’s gardens and nursery programs with a passion for sharing the value of native plants in planned landscapes. She’s been a staff member since 1998 and has nearly 30 years of experience with native plants in horticulture, ecology and garden design. DeLong-Amaya has appeared numerous times on "Central Texas Gardener," PBS’s long-running television program, and was a two-time guest on WNYC’s "Science Friday" Jennifer Jewell featured Andrea’s work in her 2020 book, The Earth in Her Hands: 75 Extraordinary Women Working in the World of Plants.
Product details
- Publisher : Timber Press
- Publication date : March 4, 2025
- Language : English
- Print length : 252 pages
- ISBN-10 : 164326110X
- ISBN-13 : 978-1643261102
- Item Weight : 1.45 pounds
- Dimensions : 8.05 x 0.51 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #58,574 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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