The Encyclopedia of Grasses for Livable Landscapes

by Rick Darke

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881928178
• ISBN13: 9780881928174
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
• Length: 484 Pages
• Weight: 5.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 10.3" x 11.3"