Encyclopedia of Northwest Native Plants for Gardens and Landscapes

This comprehensive reference describes plants native to the Pacific Northwest—the ferns and conifers; annuals, perennials, and grasses; and flowering trees and shrubs that populate and define this distinctive region. Featured are some 530 subject species that occur naturally from southwestern Alaska to Oregon's border with California, and from the coast east to Idaho, plants that are not only beautiful ornamentals but important components of habitat diversity.

Illustrated throughout with nearly 600 eye-popping color photographs and original pen-and-ink drawings, the book is smartly separated by plant type into five encyclopedic sections. Detailed descriptions include reommendations for cultivation and siting, from streambanks to parking strips, and lists suggesting natives for particular garden situations or themes—arid or sodden; hedgerows and meadows; hummingbird and rock gardens—concludes the book.

Gardeners and conservationists alike will find much of value and interest in this impeccably presented and illustrated regional resource, which is sure to become a classic on the subject.

• Real Gardens Grow Natives: Design, Plant, and Enjoy a Healthy Northwest Garden
• Pacific Northwest Month-by-Month Gardening: What to Do Each Month to Have a Beautiful Garden All Year
• Propagation of Pacific Northwest Native Plants
• Gardening with Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest
• Trees and Shrubs of the Pacific Northwest (A Timber Press Field Guide)
• Landscaping for Wildlife in the Pacific Northwest
• The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Pacific Northwest (Regional Vegetable Gardening Series)
• Gardening with Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest: Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged
• Perennials for the Pacific Northwest: 500 Best Plants for Flower Gardens
• Gardening with native plants of the Pacific Northwest: An illustrated guide