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Title: A Gardener's Guide to Florida's Native Plants by Rufino Osorio ISBN: 0-8130-1852-8 Publisher: University Press of Florida Pub. Date: 12 May, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: An Essential, Exhaustive, Clear Reference
Comment: I haven't left this book alone for a day since I bought it. The book provides, in a catalog format, all of the essential information one might need to evaluate the suitability of a very wide variety of native wildflowers, shrubs and trees.
The organization of the book is helpful in that it categorizes the plants as long-lived wildflowers, short-lived wildflowers, shrubs, trees, palms, et cetera. Each individual plant is represented by a good photo and a consistent presentation of essential data: culture, propagation, zone, soil requirements, et cetera, so you can easily and quickly access needed information.
A drawback for Central or North Florida readers: the book seems to be heavily weighted toward southern Florida natives.
A suggestion: a clear identification of the habitat within which each plant is likely to be found would be helpful, especially to those interested in habitat restoration, as I am.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Must-Have for All Gardeners
Comment: If you want to start, enhance, or improve a native Florida garden, this book has it all! From basics like how to prepare your site before planting (wish this book had been published two years ago!), to selecting the right plants for your site, to pictures of the plants, Rufino Osorio has covered it in this book. I thought I knew a lot before reading it, but now I rely on this text to help me refine my own native garden with buying new plants, pruning and propagating existing plants, (possibly even removing some existing ones), etc. Whether you're a relative novice like me, a true ground-zero beginner, or an experienced gardener, this book belongs on your shelf. My only note of caution is that this purchase will be only the beginning of a long list of acquisitions; in the two weeks since buying this book (got one early through Mounts Botanical Garden in WPB), I have already purchased about 20 new plants.
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Title: Florida's Best Native Landscape Plants: 200 Readily Available Species for Homeowners and Professionals by Gil Nelson ISBN: 081302644X Publisher: University Press of Florida Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Month-by-month Gardening In Florida by Tom MacCubbin ISBN: 1888608242 Publisher: Cool Springs Press Pub. Date: 03 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Easy Gardens for South Florida by Pamela Crawford ISBN: 0971222002 Publisher: Color Garden Publishing Pub. Date: 20 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $37.95 |
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Title: Florida Landscape Plants: Native and Exotic by John Vertrees Watkins, Marion R. Sheehan, Thomas J. Sheehan ISBN: 0813008611 Publisher: University Press of Florida Pub. Date: December, 1986 List Price(USD): $14.35 |
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Title: Florida Gardener's Guide, 2nd Edition by Georgia Tasker, Tom MacCubbin ISBN: 1930604785 Publisher: Cool Springs Press Pub. Date: 21 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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