Gardening with Native Plants of the South - Softcover

Wasowski, Sally

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1589794230 ISBN 13: 9781589794238

Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

In today's South, where find gardening is a tradition, many homeowners and professional gardeners are discovering a vast "new" palette of plant materials-native plants. They are realizing that these native wildflowers, trees, shrubs, groundcovers, vines, and grasses are far better suited, and therefore easier to grow and maintain, than most of the imported plants that populate traditional landscapes.

InGardening with Native Plants of the South, landscape designer Sally Wasowski offers an exciting vision of the many possibilities and advantages of "going native." Lavishly illustrated with more than 250 gorgeous color photographs, her book is both an introduction to more than 200 of the most familiar and easiest to find native plants of the South and a basic primer on how to use them effectively.

About this title

About the Author:

Sally Wasowski is a professional landscape designer and one of the country's leading authorities on landscaping with native plants. She is a founding member and past president of the Native Plant Society of Texas.

Andy Wasowski is a free-lance writer, photographer, and broadcast producer. The Wasowskis are authors of the award-winning Native Texas Plants: Landscaping Region by Region and the critically acclaimed Requiem for a Lawnmower.

Review:

Southern homeowners and landscapers will find this book easy to read and fascinatingly informative. (Jim Wilson, co-host, "The Victory Garden")

...this promisingly titled book is well written, logically formatted, and packed with lovely color photographs. (The Lakeland Ledger)

... gives great detail ... well written and arranged ... (Nashville Advocate)

... a hands-on how-to for landscaping ... (The Clarion-Ledger)

... an asset for the Southern gardener. (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

... a wealth of information and ideas ... (Vicksburg Evening Post)

... valuable ... an outstanding reference guide ... the best news: The entry for each plant is accompanied by a photograph. You know just what you'll be getting. (The Dallas Morning News)

... well-organized and comprehensive ... (Baton Rouge Advocate)

... a big book, a beautiful book, and best of all, an important book ... (The Island Packet)

... a real eye-opener for Southern growers looking for something a little bit "different" to add to their gardens ... (Carolina Gardener)

About this edition

• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1589794230
• ISBN 13: 9781589794238
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216