The Gardener's Guide to Prairie Plants

A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated reference for all gardeners passionate about native plants and prairie restoration. ¿The Gardener¿s Guide to Prairie Plants¿is the one-stop compendium for all gardeners aspiring to use¿native¿prairie plants in their gardens. Neil Diboll and Hilary Cox¿two renowned prairie gardeners¿compile more than four decades¿ worth of research to offer a wide-ranging and definitive reference for starting and maintaining prairie and meadow gardens and restorations. Alongside detailed synopses of plant life cycles, meticulous range maps, and sweeping overviews of natural history, Diboll and Cox also include photographs of 148 prairie plants in every stage of development, from seedling to seedhead. North America¿s grasslands once stretched from the Blue Ridge to the Rocky Mountains,¿and from Texas to Manitoba,¿blanketing the mid-continent¿with ecologically important, garden-worthy, native species. This book provides all the inspiration and information necess