Description:
The Pacific Northwest abounds with native plants that bring beauty to the home garden while offering food and shelter to birds, bees, butterflies, and other wildlife. Elegant trilliums thrive in woodland settings. Showy lewisias stand out in the rock garden. Hazel and huckleberry number among the delights of early spring, while serviceberry and creek dogwood provide a riot of fall color. Gardening with Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest is the essential resource for learning how to best use this stunning array.
Close to 1,000 choices of trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, and grasses for diverse terrain and conditions, from Canada to California, and east to the Rockies
948 color photographs, with useful habitat icons
Fully updated nomenclature, with an index of subjects and an index of plant names (common and scientific)
New to this edition: chapters on garden ecology and garden science
Appendix of Pacific Northwest botanical gardens and native plant societies
Glossary of botanical, horticultural, and gardening terms
With enthusiasm, easy wit, and expert knowledge, renowned botanist Art Kruckeberg and horticulturist Linda Chalker-Scott show Northwest gardeners, from novice to expert, how to imagine and realize their perfect sustainable landscape.
Brief description: Renowned Northwest naturalist Arthur R. Kruckeberg (1920-2016) was professor of botany at the University of Washington for nearly four decades; a co-founder of the Washington Native Plant Society; and the creator, along with his wife, Mareen, of the Kruckeberg Botanic Garden in Shoreline, Washington. He was the author of The Natural History of Puget Sound Country and Geology and Plant Life: The Effects of Landforms and Rock Types on Plants, as well as previous editions of Gardening with Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest.
Review Quotes:
"If you're familiar with the older editions, the first thing you'll notice in the new book is the inclusion of many color photographs--almost one for every text entry. . . . For those new to this book, the breadth of the plant selection may be surprising--as we have many garden-worthy natives. . . . Chalker-Scott has [also] added a new chapter that brings her signature work on horticultural science to the establishment and maintenance of a garden rich in native plants. . . . The serious native plant gardener should have [this book] in the home library."
-- "Washington Park Arboretum Bulletin"