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Native Treasures: Gardening With the Plants of California
Nevin Smith
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Description for Native Treasures: Gardening With the Plants of California
Paperback. Nevin Smith has spent his life growing plants and exploring the wild California landscape. Here, he shares his years of experience growing native California plants. He also explains how California's diverse terrain, climate, and geology support a wealth of plant species and offers suggestions for designing with the major natives in cultivation. Num Pages: 288 pages, 125 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
Nevin Smith has spent his life growing plants and exploring the wild California landscape. A highly respected horticulturalist and practitioner who is also a gifted writer, Smith shares his years of experience growing native California plants in this lively, informative book. Rather than being a systematic "how-to" manual, "Native Treasures" combines Smith's personal thoughts, sometimes maverick opinions, and matchless expertise with practical advice on selected groups of native plants and their culture.The author explains how California's diverse terrain, climate, and geology support a wealth of plant species - more than 6000 - and offers suggestions for designing with most of ... Read more
Nevin Smith has spent his life growing plants and exploring the wild California landscape. A highly respected horticulturalist and practitioner who is also a gifted writer, Smith shares his years of experience growing native California plants in this lively, informative book. Rather than being a systematic "how-to" manual, "Native Treasures" combines Smith's personal thoughts, sometimes maverick opinions, and matchless expertise with practical advice on selected groups of native plants and their culture.The author explains how California's diverse terrain, climate, and geology support a wealth of plant species - more than 6000 - and offers suggestions for designing with most of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520244269
SKU
V9780520244269
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99-1
About Nevin Smith
Nevin Smith is Director of Horticulture at Suncrest Nurseries Inc. in Watsonville, California and an occasional columnist for Fremontia, the journal of the California Native Plant Society.
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