The Encyclopedia of Grasses for Livable Landscapes

In this new book noted grass expert and advocate Rick Darke addresses both the aesthetic qualities of grasses in private gardens and the opportunities and challenges of using them in wild and constructed public landscapes. All the true grasses, sedges, rushes, restios, and cattails that possess ornamental merit or that can contribute to ecological plantings are described, and practical matters of propagation, growth, and maintenance are also covered. More than 1000 stunning photographs show details of individual plants and hundreds of gardens and landscapes in which grasses play a prominent part. This worthy successor to The Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses is a new type of design reference that sets a standard for inspired, sustainable use of grasses.

• Grasses: Versatile Partners for Uncommon Garden Design
• Planting: A New Perspective
• The Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses: Sedges, Rushes, Restios, Cat-Tails and Selected Bamboos
• Dream Plants for the Natural Garden
• Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes
• Pocket Guide to Ornamental Grasses (Timber Press Pocket Guides)
• The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden
• The Wild Garden: Expanded Edition
• Gardening with Grasses
• Covering Ground