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Title: The New England Wild Flower Society Guide to Growing and Propagating Wildflowers of the United States and Canada by William Cullina, Bill Cullina ISBN: 0-395-96609-4 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 15 April, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (6 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Disappointing if you want to cultivate these plants
Comment: I was under the impression that this book would provide the information I needed to cultivate these plants on some scale. I was very disappointed. There is no way that you could reliably produce these plants with the information provided in this book. There are much better books out there for that purpose. If you are a novice, homegardener wanting to learn about wildflowers and grow a few in your backyard, this book would be okay for you. But if you are knowledgeable on the topic already, I think you will be disappointed.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great Information, Weak IIlustration
Comment: This is a wonderful book about the culture and propagation of North American native flowers. The author clearly knows his stuff and communicates it well.
The only weakness is the limited and low quality photography (lots of depth of field problems) which, I gather is not the author's work, but came from a wildflower society. There really are far too few pictures considering the wide variety of plants. Don't plan on being able to tell which of the diverse Eupatoriums or Asters you want to plant by looking at their pictures.
HOWEVER, this book would be worth it without pictures, just for the information. Go buy the book and then write the pubisher a note saying the illustration is beneath the writing....just like I just did.
Rating: 5
Summary: Cool book
Comment: This is the best reference I've found for native plants, and it's a worthy book for a coffee table. Accessible and extensive, it's pleasantly written, with care information about the species and then add'l info on specific plants in the species. The photographs are often quite nice, although I wish they more consistently showed the plant's habit in addition to flowers. There's also an appendix in the back on seed propagation.
If you get this, purchase the companion shrub&tree reference, too. It's just as good.
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Title: Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines: A Guide to Using, Growing, and Propagating North American Woody Plants by William Cullina ISBN: 0618098585 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 12 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: The American Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest by Rick Darke ISBN: 0881925454 Publisher: Timber Pr Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: Gardening With Native Wild Flowers by Leonard E. Foote, Samuel B., Jr. Jones ISBN: 0881923818 Publisher: Timber Pr Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Growing and Propagating Wild Flowers by Harry R. Phillips, J. Kenneth Moore, C. Ritchie Bell ISBN: 0807841315 Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr Pub. Date: May, 1985 List Price(USD): $17.84 |
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Title: Natural Landscaping: Designing with Native Plant Communities by John Diekelmann, Robert M. Schuster, Renee Graef ISBN: 0299173240 Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press Pub. Date: 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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