Gardening With Prairie Plants: How To Create Beautiful Native Landscapes (Used Paperback) - Sally Wasowski, Andy Wasowski (Photographer)
Condition: This book is in Very Good Condition, with only small scuffs on the cover. There is a gift tag inside the front cover. The pages are clean and unmarked.
Practical, comprehensive, and packed with information—the indispensable guide and resource for prairie gardening
Why have home gardeners, professional horticulturists, and landscape preservationists increasingly been attracted to prairie plants? The beauty and hardiness of these flowers, grasses, trees, and shrubs, along with their easy maintenance and environmental friendliness, have spurred a surge of interest in prairie gardens. Whether you are considering adding these plants to a more conventional landscape or intending to "go native" all the way, Gardening with Prairie Plants is the most comprehensive resource and guide available. Award-winning gardening author and landscape designer Sally Wasowski provides accessible, practical information on every aspect of prairie Getting how to plan and install small and large landscapes Working with your how to adapt prairie landscapes to suburban neighborhoods or modest city lots Planning your how to find the right plants for your yard, with comprehensive listings for more than three hundred species, charts addressing soil and light conditions, range maps, and color photographs Choosing how to select recommended flowers, listed by season, to ensure continuous bloom and to attract a variety of birds and butterflies Lavishly illustrated with stunning photographs by Andy Wasowski, Gardening with Prairie Plants includes thorough descriptions of plants native to most of North America—from New York to Colorado, and from Texas north to Minnesota and the western provinces of Canada. If you want to create a landscape of maximum beauty with minimum upkeep, Gardening with Prairie Plants tells you everything you need to know to begin and to develop a beautiful, earth-friendly prairie garden.
Full color photo illustrations
304 pages
Published 2001 University of Minnesota Press