Gardening with Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest

Synopsis

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword By Richard G. Olmstead; Preface By Linda Chalker-scott; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Natives, Varieties, Cultivars, And Hybrids; History Of Gardening With Natives In The Northwest; Garden And Landscape Uses Of Native Plants; Plant Names; In This Book; 1. Garden Ecology; Natural Environments In The Pacific Northwest; Climate Change And Native Plants; Introduced, Naturalized, And Invasive Species; 2. Garden Science; Analyzing Site Conditions; Preparing The Soil; Selecting Quality Plants; Planting Nursery Plants Into The Landscape Caring For New Transplantsmanaging Weeds And Invasive Species; 3. Native Ornamental Trees; Conifers; Broad-leaved Trees; 4. Native Ornamental Shrubs; Coniferous Evergreen Shrubs; Evergreen Broad-leaved Shrubs And Woody Groundcovers; Deciduous Shrubs; 5. Native Ornamental Herbaceous Perennials; Use Of Herbaceous Perennials From The Wild; Ferns; Ground Orchids (orchidaceae); Lilies And Irises (amaryllidaceae, Araceae, Asparagaceae, Iridaceae, Liliaceae, Melanthiaceae, And Tofieldiaceae), And Their Kin; Lily And Iris Kin For Rock Gardens And Border Plantings; Other Herbaceous Perennials 6. Native Ornamental Grasses And Grasslike Plantsgrasses For Woodland Settings; Grasses And Their Kin For Wetlands; Meadow Grasses; Grasses At The Seashore; Alpine And Low-growing Grasses For The Rock Garden; Grasses For East Of The Cascades; 7. Native Ornamental Annuals; Appendix: Native Plant Societies And Botanical Gardens; Glossary Of Botanical, Horticultural, And Gardening Terms; Selected Bibliography; Photography Credits; Index Of Subjects; Index Of Scientific And Common Names Arthur R. Kruckeberg And Linda Chalker-scott ; Foreword By Richard G. Olmstead. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.