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100 Easy-To-Grow Native Plants: For American Gardens in Temperate Zones

100 Easy-to-Grow Native Plants is the essential reference guide to native plants for gardeners throughout America. These beautiful and low-maintenance additions to a garden are:

ideal for beginning and experienced gardeners

widely available at local nurseries

native perennials, ferns, vines, annuals and grasses growing in almost every region.

Johnson provides dozens of range and habitat suggestions together with detailed information on plant descriptions, maintenance needs and propagation techniques in a book that is easy to use:

each plant is featured on a separate page with full color photos

full color profile box for every plant shows mature height, time of bloom, sun and moisture needs

a full color reference chart shows plant color, wildlife attraction, soil acidity, size and more.

Peppered with Johnson's humorous and insightful observations based on many years of personal experience, 100 Easy-to-Grow Native Plants is ideal for gardeners who want an inexpensive, handy and reliable reference on fail-safe native plant gardening.

About the Author:

Lorraine Johnson is president of the North American Wildflower Society and the author of several books on gardening and environmental issues, including Grow Wild! and Green Future: How to Make a World of Difference. She has a regular gardening column and has contributed to numerous programs on radio and television.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 160
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781552093276
  • Genres
  • gardening
  • Release date
  • 1999