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Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. This book has been the inspiration for tens of thousands of gardeners facing the challenging winds, soils, and droughts of low- and high-desert gardens. A perennial gardener's favorite, this guide—with 53 color photographs and an all-new appendix of adapted plants—is the classic resource for reaping the rewards of landscaping with native and adaptive plants that will make This book has been the inspiration for tens of thousands of gardeners facing the challenging winds, soils, and droughts of low- and high-desert gardens.

A perennial gardener's favorite, this guide—with 53 color photographs and an all-new appendix of adapted plants—is the classic resource for reaping the rewards of landscaping with native and adaptive plants that will make a success of any gardening effort. Paperback , pages. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Actually, the Southeast is second only to China in the temperate world for a richness of diverse plant species.

On the other hand, where native plants are arguably least revered are places whose climates are moderate and support the widest range of plants from around the world. Once rich in indigenous flora, California has lost an estimated 80 percent of its local plants in some areas. Judging by the plants you see while walking the streets of Santa Monica, you are more likely to imagine yourself in the Mediterranean region or southeastern Australia than coastal California.

Plants from all around the world have happily made themselves at home. As I write this column, a drought emergency has been declared in the state where my garden grows. I can already see the wisdom in growing local plants.


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Even with abnormal precipitation and with no additional watering from me, my woodland garden is faring beautifully beneath white pine and ash trees, in soil mixed to mimic that of the local forest floor. The trillium bloomed in spring. The jack-in-the-pulpits are about to do their thing with hooded spaths unfurling.

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Yellow wood poppies are still flowering, and even the local azalea is blooming. Ultimately, the availability of water will determine what gardeners should do or are allowed to do. Planting natives to lessen the strain on resources—from water to gasoline for lawn mowers—may be the most patriotic thing a gardener can do. And by the way, the woman at the garden center may have found what she was looking for in Evolvulus pilosus , a spreading plant related to morning glories that naturally occurs in little soil pockets—perfect for containers.

This trailing native with gray-green leaves and little blue flowers hails from Montana, South Dakota, Arizona and Texas. California has an amazingly diverse range of habitats—forest, meadow, grassland, chaparral, desert, streamside, salt marsh and many more. In total, this region is home to 5, native plants, the largest number of any state in the U.

Caused by a fungus-like organism similar to that which caused the Irish potato famine, it is air, water, and soil-borne. Gardening With a Wild Heart: Join the California Native Plant Society—visit www. This open, spreading shrub grows to 12 feet in dry, well-drained soil. The large yellow flowers make showy masses from May to June. Ceanothus in peak bloom in April in shades of blue and the less common white is an unforgettable sight, and there are many outstanding garden cultivars of the wild forms.

This evergreen shrub has anemone-like fragrant flowers, glossy leaves and attractive peeling bark. Rugged peaks display the best wildflower meadows this side of The Sound of Music. Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast, by J. Visit the Washington Native Plant Society at www. The highest diversity of plants in the Southwest is hardly ever seen. Known as ephemerals, they can spend years as seeds, waiting for the right conditions to bring them to life for a few weeks. Saguaro cactus rustling aka stealing , for use in landscaping, is one of the latest threats to the fragile desert ecosystem.

Visit Arizona Native Plants Society at www. A spiny shrub with unbranched green stems growing up to 20 feet. Vivid red flowers attract birds. Long winters, limited rainfall and bright skies all combine to give us rugged conifers such as the Colorado blue spruce, widely over-used in front lawns , and glorious, tenacious wildflowers and perennials. Colorado is currently in the grip of a drought of historic proportions, with water resources at a year low. Rocky Mountain Flower Finder , by J.

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Contact the Utah Native Plant Society www. Scarlet tubular flowers are scattered along the ends of 3-foot stems. The nodding, delicate flowers are borne on branched stems and vary in color from white to deep violet.