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Title: Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast: Landscaping Uses and Identification by Leonard E. Foote, Samuel B. Jones Jr. ISBN: 0-88192-416-4 Publisher: Timber Press (OR) Pub. Date: 01 March, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Exhaustive treatment of the subject
Comment: When our native shrubs and vines are relieved of the intense natural competition existing in native habitats and are given room, nutrients, and moisture in a congenial environment, they become compact and shapely, and produce better flowers and fruits in greater profusion.
Contrary to popular belief, there is no real difference between the requirements for growing natives and those for growing exotics in the garden. Once introduced and established, natives and exotics are on equal terms. In the long run, natives often exhibit advantages in cold and drought tolerance and in resistance to insect pests and diseases. However, the success of natives in the garden will be the result of good planning, proper judgment, gardening skill, and some luck!
Rating: 2
Summary: Not for the botanically illiterate
Comment: I bought this hoping that I would be able to easily identify the native shrubs and vines on my property, but it is not very helpful. It is very difficult to use for someone not trained in botany. I should know, as my training is in aquatic biology and zoology. Even with my biology background, I have not found it very useful so the identification part of the title is very misleading. Also, there appears to be no rhyme or reason as to how the plants are categorized. I was hoping this would be more like Taylor's guides to trees, shrubs, etc. with pictures that then refer to a description, but it wasn't.
Rating: 4
Summary: An important work, but not best for beginners.
Comment: I bought this book because I adore "Gardening with Native Wildflowers" by the same authors. I was a little disappointed because this one is not as reader friendly for beginners such as myself. It does fill an important niche by identifying all native shrubs and woody vines of the southeast, as the title implies, and for this I imagine it would be a must for anyone compiling a serious library and/or study on the subject of native plants. The book is chock full of color photographs, each of which is labeled by the scientific name of the plant. However, I would have liked to see the common name there also (there is a common name index). A beginner who does not need to know about or identify a wide variety of shrubs and vines might be better off starting with a general guide to natural gardening that includes a variety of plant types.
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Title: Trees of Georgia and Adjacent States by Claud L. Brown, L. Katherine Kirkman ISBN: 0881924806 Publisher: Timber Press (OR) Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Gardening With Native Plants of the South by Sally Wasowski, Andy Wasowski ISBN: 0878338020 Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing Pub. Date: 01 March, 1994 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
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Title: Trees of the Southeastern United States by Wilbur H. Duncan, Marion B. Duncan ISBN: 0820322717 Publisher: University of Georgia Press Pub. Date: 31 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Wildflowers of the Eastern United States by Wilbur H. Duncan, Marion B. Duncan ISBN: 0820321079 Publisher: University of Georgia Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Gardening With Native Wild Flowers by Samuel B., Jr Jones, Leonard E. Foote ISBN: 0881923818 Publisher: Timber Press (OR) Pub. Date: 01 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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