Shrubs and Vines for Atlantic Canada

Shrubs and Vines for Atlantic Canada
Author: Boland Todd
Publisher:
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2021-05-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781989417287

Written specifically for Atlantic Canada, this guide gives you the tools and information you need to select, place, and care for the shrubs and climbers best suited to your garden. Shrubs and vines make up the skeleton of a garden, providing structure, defining spaces, and contributing to privacy or windbreaks. Some are chosen for flamboyant floral displays, others for colourful leaves. But they can be tricky to grow and maintain in this region's climate and soil conditions. With over 40 years of gardening experience in Atlantic Canada, author Todd Boland has deep expertise in overcoming these challenges to build spectacular gardens. In Shrubs and Vines for Atlantic Canada, he shares this knowledge, along with hundreds of his own full--colour photographs to inspire and inform. This comprehensive guide includes: - At--a--glance lists of the best plants for acidic soils, seaside gardens, shady areas, and more - Detailed insight into the best available cultivars for your zone - Tips on where to plant each species, and how to avoid common pests and pitfalls The perfect companion to Boland's Favourite Perennials for Atlantic Canada, this guide will set you up for gardening success, no matter where you live.

Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines: A Guide to Using, Growing, and Propagating North American Woody Plants

Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines: A Guide to Using, Growing, and Propagating North American Woody Plants
Author: William Cullina
Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media, LLC
Total Pages: 1155
Release: 2021-09-20
Genre: Gardening
ISBN:

With Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines, acclaimed horticulturalist and bestselling author William Cullina continues his authoritative three-part series on the native species of North America. This user-friendly guide encourages the concept of ecological gardening by working with strictly native flora, and presents a trove of helpful information with lively, easily accessible prose. This encyclopedic guide to temperate North American woody plants covers nearly one thousand native varieties, arranged alphabetically by genus and species. Writing with enjoyable, easy-to-read language and drawing from a deep wellspring of personal experience, Cullina discusses all of the important details you need to select and cultivate each species, including their taxonomic and genetic data, Latin name pronunciations, optimal geographic ranges, soil needs, light and habitat requirements, information about pruning and diseases, and propagation difficulty ratings. It also notes the value of each species for attracting wildlife and highlights the threat of invasive species. Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines is also beautifully illustrated with over 400 color photographs of each genus, and includes recommendations detailing conditions under which various species thrive. Cullina is also passionate about environmentally-responsible native plant landscaping and gives valuable advice with the larger environment in mind. This book is an indispensable resource for any landscape designer or home gardener's library.

Shrubs and Vines for Northeastern Wildlife

Shrubs and Vines for Northeastern Wildlife
Author: William M. Healy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 188
Release: 1974
Genre: Climbing plants
ISBN:

Non-technical handbook discussing management of shrubs or woody vines most important to wildlife in the Northeast U.S. and Canada.

Gardening with Native Plants of the South

Gardening with Native Plants of the South
Author: Sally Wasowski
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2020-02-20
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1493038818

In today’s South, where fine gardening is a tradition, many homeowners and professional gardeners are discovering a vast “new” palette of plant materials—native plants. They are realizing that these native wildflowers, trees, shrubs, groundcovers, vines, and grasses are far better suited, and therefore easier to grow and maintain, than most of the imported plants that populate traditional landscapes. In this book, the authors offer an exciting vision of the many possibilities and advantages of “going native.” Lavishly illustrated with more than 250 gorgeous color photographs, this book is both an introduction to more than 200 of the most familiar and easiest-to-find native plants of the South and a basic primer on how to use them effectively.

Real Gardens Grow Natives

Real Gardens Grow Natives
Author: Eileen M Stark
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Total Pages: 645
Release: 2014-09-24
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1594858675

CLICK HERE to download sample native plants from Real Gardens Grow Natives For many people, the most tangible and beneficial impact they can have on the environment is right in their own yard. Aimed at beginning and veteran gardeners alike, Real Gardens Grow Natives is a stunningly photographed guide that helps readers plan, implement, and sustain a retreat at home that reflects the natural world. Gardening with native plants that naturally belong and thrive in the Pacific Northwest’s climate and soil not only nurtures biodiversity, but provides a quintessential Northwest character and beauty to yard and neighborhood! For gardeners and conservationists who lack the time to read through lengthy design books and plant lists or can’t afford a landscape designer, Real Gardens Grow Natives is accessible yet comprehensive and provides the inspiration and clear instruction needed to create and sustain beautiful, functional, and undemanding gardens. With expert knowledge from professional landscape designer Eileen M. Stark, Real Gardens Grow Natives includes: * Detailed profiles of 100 select native plants for the Pacific Northwest west of the Cascades, plus related species, helping make plant choice and placement. * Straightfoward methods to enhance or restore habitat and increase biodiversity * Landscape design guidance for various-sized yards, including sample plans * Ways to integrate natives, edibles, and nonnative ornamentals within your garden * Specific planting procedures and secrets to healthy soil * Techniques for propagating your own native plants * Advice for easy, maintenance using organic methods

Status of Pollinators in North America

Status of Pollinators in North America
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2007-05-13
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0309102898

Pollinators-insects, birds, bats, and other animals that carry pollen from the male to the female parts of flowers for plant reproduction-are an essential part of natural and agricultural ecosystems throughout North America. For example, most fruit, vegetable, and seed crops and some crops that provide fiber, drugs, and fuel depend on animals for pollination. This report provides evidence for the decline of some pollinator species in North America, including America's most important managed pollinator, the honey bee, as well as some butterflies, bats, and hummingbirds. For most managed and wild pollinator species, however, population trends have not been assessed because populations have not been monitored over time. In addition, for wild species with demonstrated declines, it is often difficult to determine the causes or consequences of their decline. This report outlines priorities for research and monitoring that are needed to improve information on the status of pollinators and establishes a framework for conservation and restoration of pollinator species and communities.

Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests

Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests
Author: James H. Miller
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2011-08
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1437987451

Invasions of non-native plants into forests of the Southern United States continue to go unchecked and only partially un-monitored. These infestations increasingly erode forest productivity, hindering forest use and management activities, and degrading diversity and wildlife habitat. Often called non-native, exotic, non-indigenous, alien, or noxious weeds, they occur as trees, shrubs, vines, grasses, ferns, and forbs. This guide provides information on accurate identification of the 56 non-native plants and groups that are currently invading the forests of the 13 Southern States. In additin, it lists other non-native plants of growing concern. Illustrations. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find publication.

Native Trees Shrubs, and Vines for Urban and Rural America

Native Trees Shrubs, and Vines for Urban and Rural America
Author: Gary L. Hightshoe
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 980
Release: 1988
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780471288794

This guide covers over 250 major species--by asthetic character, culture requirements, and ecology--and presents essential design information through scale illustrations.

Native Plants of the Northeast

Native Plants of the Northeast
Author: Donald Joseph Leopold
Publisher: Timber Press
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2005
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780881926736

Includes nearly 700 species of native trees, shrubs, vines, ferns, grasses, and wildflowers from the northeastern quarter of the U. S. and all of eastern Canada. Discusses restoration of native plant habitats and offers practical advice on cultivation and propagation in addition to descriptions, ranges, and hardiness information. An appendix recommends particular plants for difficult situations and for attracting butterflies, hummingbirds, and other wildlife. Original.