Plants with Purpose: Twenty-Five Ecosystem Multitaskers

by Monika Maeckle

Many gardeners in the southwest are perfectly satisfied with beautiful, ornamental plants and cultivate lush lawns despite the environmental consequences of doing so. Other gardeners, however, have moved to embrace pollinator plants that provide resources to bees and butterflies. And some have embraced the xeriscape approach, which uses indigenous plant life to minimize the need for water. But this is just the beginning.

Plants with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1648432441
• ISBN13: 9781648432446
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 320 Pages