How to Grow Wildflowers and Wild Shrubs and Trees in Your Own Garden
How to Grow Wildflowers and Wild Shrubs and Trees in Your Own Garden by Hal Bruce Reader beware: this is no ordinary gardening book. There are no culti-vars, no pesticides, no glossy packets of...
...But most novices with access to good field guides and a more traditional gardening book will be well-equipped to use Bruce's guidance in cultivating a native plot of their own...
...and much more...
...294 pages...
...There are no culti-vars, no pesticides, no glossy packets of seeds...
...Instead, Hal Bruce's How to Crow Wildflowers and Wild Shrubs and Trees in Your Own Garden provides tips for creating subtler, more ecologically integrated and naturally evolving gardens—gardens painted from the palette of wild nature itself...
...which native plants are easiest to grow...
...The book assumes a certain degree of familiarity with both wild plant identification (if one is to collect from wild populations) and some gardening basics...
...The author advises readers on how to choose proper plants for certain habitats and soil conditions...
...And, what's more, these creations are not only more integrated with their surroundings, but they are vehicles for native flora conservation as well...
...which plants are best to intermix, taking both aesthetic and ecological considerations into account...
...Although the text is dense at times and sparsely illustrated, it is cleanly written and replete with critical information...
...There is little pruning or pinching, and a notable lack of garish colors and immense, genetically encouraged blossoms...
...where and how to obtain seeds and cuttings...
...AG) New York: The Lyons Press, 1998...
Vol. 2 • June 1998 • No. 3
