Native Plants for Your Maine Garden
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Native Plants for Your Maine Garden by Maureen Heffernan
Use native plants to beautifully transform your Maine garden in the most environmentally friendly waySavvy gardeners include native plants in their landscaping because they know these species are hardy, disease-resistant, noninvasive, and beneficial to wildlife. Most important for gardeners--they offer natural beauty that ranges from subtle to supremely eye-catching.
More than 140 native perennials, grasses, groundcovers, ferns, shrubs, vines, and trees are profiled and pictured in Native Plants for Your Maine Garden, along with advice on choosing the best plants for a variety of locations. To help you get started, there are sample plans for a woodland border and a garden designed to attract birds and butterflies.
Other key areas covered by the book include:
- Plants for dry or wet soils
- Screens and hedges
- Plants for shade and part shade
- Deer-resistant species
- Plants that attract birds and butterflies
- Sample garden plans
- Design principles
- Planting and garden maintenance tips
- Hardiness zone maps
- Sources for native plants
There's no one more qualified to discuss superior native plants for Maine gardens than Maureen Heffernan, former executive director of the acclaimed Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, where native plants thrive in a variety of landscaped settings.
MAUREEN HEFFERNAN is the executive director of the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. She travels extensively to speak about gardens and give presentations and workshops. She is the author of Native Plants for Your Maine Garden, and Hershey Children's Garden: A Place to Grow, and was a contributor for 500 Popular Annuals and Perennials for American Gardeners. She lives in Boothbay, Maine.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781684750931 |
| ISBN 10 | 1684750938 |
| Title | Native Plants for Your Maine Garden |
| Author | Maureen Heffernan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
| Year published | 2023-04-15 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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