Native Plants Landscaping

[Charlie Johnston]

Anyone have a good reference for landscaping with native-only plants?

New house, lots of area to landscape. I'd like to use only natives
as much as I can, but the several books I have gotten have a lot of
introduced species (esp. far Eastern).

Thanks in advance!

...charlie <--- john...@addor.med.unc.edu

[James Yourch P265]

Charlie Johnston wrote:

>Anyone have a good reference for landscaping with native-only plants?

Try "Growing and Propogating Showy Native Woody Plants" by Richard Bir.
I have seen it at Bookstar in Crossroads.

Jay

[Michael J. Tino]

I'd appreciate this information too-
I'm going to be moving at the end of July and planting a flower and vegetable
garden at my new home, and I'd like as many plants native to the Carolinas as
possible-- especially wildflowers if available....

Peace,
Michael

Charlie Johnston (john...@addor.med.unc.edu) wrote:

: Anyone have a good reference for landscaping with native-only plants?

: Thanks in advance!

: ...charlie <--- john...@addor.med.unc.edu

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[David Hall]

You might take a look at _Growing and Propogating Wild Flowers_ by Harry
Phillips (1985, UNC Press). It's an excellent reference book and deals
mostly with plants native to North Carolina. Each plant gets two or
three pages, with a description of the plant, a description of the fruit
and seed, methods of seed collection, propogation and cultivation
techniques, and suggested uses in the landscape. There are also
separate chapters on native ferns and carnivorous plants.

My only reservation about recommending the book in this instance is the
rather short sections on landscaping with wild flowers. Some folks,
when they ask about books on landscaping, want diagrams, lots of color
pictures, and suggested garden layouts. Others are content with
suggested plants and ideas. This book falls into the latter camp: lots
of suggestions and ideas, few pictures and diagrams.

Another resource, although not a book, is the North Carolina Botanical
Garden in Chapel Hill. The NCBG has wisely chosen to concentrate on
native plants of NC. They're open year 'round. I've picked up lots of
ideas just walking around the Gardens. They offer classes of varying
lengths on all aspects of landscaping and wild flower gardening. They
also conduct tours and sell books, plants, and seed. Last time I looked
they offered the Phillips' book among others. If you join the NCBG, you
get a discount on plants and classes as well as free wild flower seed.
An individual membership is, I think, $25 a year. It's a good
investment, IMHO.

David