Growing and Propagating Showy Native Woody Plants

Bir, Richard E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807843660 ISBN 13: 9780807843666

Publisher: University North Carolina Pr, 1992

Bir identifies some of the showiest woody plants native to the eastern United States and tells how to propagate and care for them. He describes more than ninety species of native plants, most illustrated with a color photograph, and includes several useful appendixes listing nurseries that stock these hard-to-find species.

Review:

"For those whose interest is either floral beauty or horticulture, this book is excellent.

"Wildflower""

A useful book for the amateur gardener looking for a single source of basic information on plants.

"Brittonia"

"This is a beautifully organized, double-duty volume that belongs in the library of anyone interested in native woodies.

"Native Notes Newsletter""

This eminently sensible book . . . will be welcomed by gardeners everywhere who grow plants native to the southeastern and mid-Atlantic states.

"Pacific Horticulture"

That rarest of things: a gardening book that's even better than the description on the back of the jacket.

"Horticulture"

For those whose interest is either floral beauty or horticulture, this book is excellent.

"Wildflower"

This is a beautifully organized, double-duty volume that belongs in the library of anyone interested in native woodies.

"Native Notes Newsletter"

From the Back Cover:

Dick Bir first explains the uses and value of woody plants in the landscape and outlines special techniques for their propagation and cultivation. Bir promotes 'conservation through propagation, ' the idea that we should use propagated plants in our gardens rather than specimens taken from the wild.