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This classic work now includes new chapters on grasses and additional trees, shrubs, and perennials.This book contains so much well-organized, well-written material that it should become a standard guidebook for anyone who gardens with Northwest natives.-Sunset
Few parts of America have as many native plants that excel in the garden as the Pacific Northwest. But until this year, there wasn't a comprehensive book on the subject. Now there is: Gardening With Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest..The main body of the book is divided into encyclopedic sections on trees, shrubs, and herbaceous perennials, including information about where they grow in the wild, how to propagate them, and how they fit into home gardens..This book contains so much well-organized, well-written material that it should become a standard guidebook for anyuone who gardens with Northwest natives.
* Sunset *All in all, this is a fascinating book, full of reliable information.
* The Garden Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society *Professor Kruckeberg is a botanist at the University of Washington who has specialized in the flora of the Pacific Northwest for over thirty years. This summary of his experience, with plants in the wild and in gardens, will be referred to with pleasure for years, not only for the value of its information but also for the easy style and quiet humor of its presentation.
* Pacific Horticulture *Arthur Kruckenberg has provided his attractive, literate, and useful book just as the native-plant movement is gathering great momentum. As he writes, 'The largely untapped potential of gardening with Northwest natives needs to become a way of life for those who look to the plant for beauty and serenity.' That goes for anywhere.
* Horticulture *Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the Original Edition Acknowledgments
Chapter One | Introduction Natural Environments in the Pacific Northwest Garden and Landscape Uses of Native Plants Propagation of Native Plants
Chapter Two | Native Ornamental Trees Conifers Broad-leaved Evergreens Broad-leaved Deciduous Trees
Chapter Three | Native Ornamental Shrubs Broad-leaved Evergreens and Ground Covers Deciduous Shrubs
Chapter Four | Native Ornamental Herbaceous Perennials Ferns Ground Orchids Lilies, Irises, and Their Kin Other Herbaceous Perennials Tall Herbs (3 to 10 Feet) Medium-sized Herbs (1 to 3 feet) Small Herbs (less than 1 foot)
Chapter Five | Grasses and Grasslike Plants Grasses for Woodland Settings Grasses and Their Kin for Wetlands Meadows GrassesGrasses at the Seashore Alpine and Low-growing Grasses for the Rock Garden Grasses for East of the Cascades
Chapter Six | Supplement: More Native Plants for Garden and Habitat Reclamation Annuals Herbaceous Perennials Trees Shrubs
Appendix A: Collecting in the Wild Appendix B: Lists of Native Plants for Particular Settings Appendix C: Sources of Information on Native Plants Appendix D: Native Grasses and Their Kin Glossary of Botanical, Horticultural, and Gardening Terms Derivations and Meanings of Genus and Species Names Selected Bibliography Index