Designing Gardens with Flora of the American East /

Designing Gardens with Flora of the American East / / Carolyn Summers.

Gardeners, with all good fortune and flora, are endowed with love for a hobby that has profound potential for positive change. The beautifully illustrated Designing Gardens with Flora of the American East approaches landscape design from an ecological perspective, encouraging professional horticultu...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Summers, Carolyn,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2010]
©2010
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.) :; 87 illustrations. 16 color and 62 black and white halftones and 9 line art illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • List Of Abbreviations
  • 1. Why Should We Garden with Indigenous Plants?
  • 2. Wildlife in Field, Forest, and Garden
  • 3. "Safe Sex"in the Garden
  • 4. Showy Substitutes for Common Invasive Plants
  • 5. Designing Traditional Gardens with Indigenous Plants
  • 6. Designs Drawn from Indigenous Plant Communities
  • 7. Shopping for Indigenous Trees, Shrubs, and Perennials
  • Afterword
  • Appendixes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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