Product Description

Ornamental grasses have been a part of landscape design for decades, mostly in commercial landscape settings. Now, with Ornamental Grasses of the Southeast, you will discover how to use these strikingly beautiful, virtually carefree plants to complement your own home's landscape.

One of the fastest-growing trends in home gardening, ornamental grasses:

• are an excellent value year-round with their unique, four-season display
• offer an alternative to the traditional lawn
• reduce the need for watering
• provide a striking addition to your home landscape design with very little gardening care required

Ornamental Grasses of the Southeast features traditional and exotic grasses with detailed instructions on plant care, landscape use, and the distinctive qualities of each variety of grass. In addition, you'll discover the plant's history and enjoy full-color photographs of each, along with selected botanical illustrations.

This is a book all Southern gardeners should have in their gardening library!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #780670 in Books
• Published on: 2004-03-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

About the Author
Peter Loewer has written for all the national gardening magazines, and is the author and illustrator of several gardening books, including The Wild Gardener, which was deemed one of the 75 Great Gardening Books by the American Horticultural Society. His radio show, The Wild Gardener, can be heard on National Public Radio in western North Carolina. He sits on the board of the JC Raulston Arboretum, and his work is in the permanent collection of Carnegie Mellon's Hunt Institute of Botanical Documentation.


Peter Liewer is the author and/ or illustrator of more than 30 garden books.

Customer Reviews

The wonderful world of grasses
The ornamental grasses are versatile and easy-to-grow plants and a book catered for the southeastern region of the U.S. certainly fills a niche. The author describes over 125 varieties of annual and perennial grasses as well as bamboos, sedges, rushes, horsetails, and restios. There is also a section called "Plants That Look Like Grasses" that includes plants such as acorus, liriopes, yuccas, etc. Each profile includes a color photo and a detailed description. Introductory chapters discuss the botany of grasses, designing with grasses and growing and care for them.