Product Description

This book describes every type of regional flora--from seaside foliage and wildflowers to grassy meadows, shrubs, vines and aquatic gardens.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #21743 in Books
• Published on: 2004-05-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 360 pages

Customer Reviews

Good information and photos
For a general introduction to landscaping with native plants in Florida, this is a good book. It includes some introductory chapters with landscape plans for various types of gardens, such as water gardens and wildlife gardens. The main part of the book has a page on each native plant grouped in chapters on palms, shrubs, small trees, large trees, vines, wildflowers, and water plants.

The book includes plants for all of Florida, which means there are a quite a few temperate zone plants that grow in the north and central part of the state and not in zone 10 (farthest south), but there are also plenty that grow throughout the state or only in the south.

Overall, good photography, plant descriptions and advice make this a good general book for Florida landscaping.

Find the native Florida plant you need!
This is a great reference book for anyone living in Florida, who wants to identify and learn about native Florida plants. The book includes a photo of each plant with the common and botanical names. It provides zone numbers and descriptions of each plant's average height & light requirements. Also, bloom information, fruit, leaves, trunk, habitat, propagation and appearance descriptions. Chapters are divided by basic plant type - large trees, small trees, palm trees, wildflowers, etc.

Best book ever!!!!
This book is one of the best! Especially for us Floridians who enjoy landscaping. It's easy to use, understand, and best of all has tons of pictures. We've used it a lot with our new home, and it's coming together nicely. Thanks grandma!