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Landscaping with Native Plants of Wisconsin

Landscaping with Native Plants of Wisconsin
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Format: Paperback, 192 Pages
Item: 144410
ISBN: 9780760329696
Publisher: Voyageur Press
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Illustrations: 343 Color Photos
Size: 8.5 x 11 x .5
Weight: 1.75 lb.
Edition: First
Published: April 15th 2007
DC: AP
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Aimed at beginners and veteran gardeners alike, this book is designed to help Wisconsin gardeners find, plant, and maintain the best native species for their specific sites, however modest or lavish. 

Gardening with native plants is an ever-more popular practice—and for good reason.  Naturally suited to a region’s climate and soil, native plants tend to thrive, and to reflect a true “fit” with the environment. 

 

The Native Plant Profiles section offers comprehensive descriptions of some 600 species of flowers and groundcovers, trees, shrubs, vines, evergreens, grasses, and ferns native to Wisconsin, as well as information on planting, maintenance, and landscape uses for each plant.

With advice on the process of designing a natural garden that fits each lifestyle and family, the book will guide readers to the level of native plant landscaping that is just right for them. 

 

Lynn Steiner is a longtime editor, writer, and photographer for Northern Gardener magazine.  Her articles and photographs have appeared in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Gardening How-To, and Sunset's Midwestern Landscaping Book.  She lives with her husband, two teenage sons, a golden retriever, and two cats on a turn-of-the-century farmstead in Stillwater, Minnesota.

The Midwest Book Review, May 2007

“Beautifully illustrated … an essential instructional guide to successful native-plant gardening in Wisconsin … the definitive and strongly recommended reference for any Wisconsin gardener or landscaper wanting to utilize and incorporate Wisconsin native plants.”

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Contents

 

PART ONE

Introduction

Landscaping with Native Plants of Wisconsin

 

Chapter 1

Understanding Native Plants

Classifying Native Plants

Benefits of Native Plants

Native Plants in the Landscape

Native Plant Conservation

 

Chapter 2

Wisconsin’s Natural Plant Life

Learning from the Natural World

Southern Grasslands

Prairies

Savannas

Prairie and Savanna in the Landscape

Southern Forests

Deciduous Forest in the Landscape

Northern Woodlands

Northern Mesic Forest

Boreal Forest

Pine Barrens

Northern Woodlands in the Landscape

Water and Shoreline Communities

Water in the Landscape

 

Chapter 3

Gardening with Native Plants

Hardiness Zones and Frost Dates

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