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| Author: William Cullina
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 28709
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 0618531181
Dewey Decimal Number: 635.9373
EAN: 9780618531189
ASIN: 0618531181
Publication Date: February 19, 2008
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Native Ferns, Moss, and Grasses March 30, 2008
Excellent reference book. Current and well-written by an expert in the native plant world. I recommend this book.
essential for the native-plants gardener March 25, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Every native-plants gardener and natural landscaper know that a healthy, vibrant, aesthetically pleasing wild garden must have balance. While there are many beautiful North American wildflowers, a garden consisting solely of wildflowers would be weedy and jarring to the eye. Enter ferns, mosses, and grasses.
Cullina's book is an indispensable guide to the world of ferns, mosses, and grasses native to North America. These types of plants can be particularly important when establishing a meadow, prairie, or woodland for the first time, because they can help out-compete undesirable weeds. He gives extensive, opinionated insights into a wide range of species and includes sections on propagation and lists of species for particular environments (cool-season grasses, warm-season grasses, wet, dry, etc.). This is much more than an encyclopedia; its information goes far beyond what you could read on websites like plants.usda.gov and wildflower.utexas.edu.
If you hadn't thought much about gardening with grasses, sedges, and other "non-showy" plants before now, you'll look at these plants in a whole new light. This is the first of Cullina's books I've read, and now I'm off to buy his other two books on native plants.
Inspiration for new and seasoned gardeners and native plant enthusiasts March 13, 2008
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I heard Bill Cullina speak about mosses last week at New England Wild Flower Society and immediately went home to rake the leaves off my woodland patches-giving the moss a better chance to become part of the garden. What beautiful plants! This book is inspiring me to focus on a whole new category of garden plants. Bill makes challenging topics accessible, fascinating-and funny. I can rely on Cullina's information completely. I use his WILDFLOWERS book for my go-to perennial plant reference, NATIVE TREES SHRUBS AND VINES for woody plants, and now this book to bring a whole new group of plants into focus. Check out the climate change map-75 years from now what might your zone for gardening be, according to Cullina? This books also brings new clarity to important conservation issues such as invasive plants, ecological landscaping and more. This is the ultimate in GOING GREEN, and a great read.
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