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1) Native plants of the Southeast: a comprehensive guide to the best 460 species for the garden

Author

Mellichamp, Larry

2) The Southeast Native Plant Primer: 225 plants for an earth-friendly garden

Author

Mellichamp, Larry

3) Native perennials for the southeast

Author

Loewer, H. Peter

4) Lawns into meadows: growing a regenerative landscape

Author

Wormser, Owen

Series

Citizen gardening

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Landscape designer Owen Wormser explains how to replace the deadscape we call lawn with low-maintenance, eco-friendly meadows. This award-winning, how-to book on growing your own wildflowers and native grasses is also about sustainability, regeneration, and beauty. In a world where lawns have wreaked havoc on our natural ecosystems, meadows offer a compelling solution.

5) Saving the Wild South: The Fight for Native Plants on the Brink of Extinction

Author

Eubanks, Georgann

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The American South is famous for its astonishingly rich biodiversity. In this book, Georgann Eubanks takes a wondrous trek from Alabama to North Carolina to search out native plants that are endangered and wavering on the edge of erasure. Even as she reveals the intricate beauty and biology of the South's plant life, she also shows how local development and global climate change are threatening many species, some of which have been graduated to the...

6) Native plant gardening for birds, bees & butterflies: South

Author

Daniels, Jaret C

Series

Nature-friendly gardens

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Book, eBook

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Plan Your Landscape or Garden to Help Beloved Backyard Visitors The presence of birds, bees, and butterflies suggests a healthy, earth-friendly place. These most welcome guests also bring joy to those who appreciate watching them. Now, you can turn your yard into a perfect habitat that attracts them and, more importantly, helps them thrive. Acclaimed author and expert entomologist Jaret C. Daniels provides all the information you need in this must-have...

7) Southeast home landscaping: 54 landscape designs with 200+ plants & flowers for your region

Author

Holms, Roger

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"Southeast Home Landscaping, 4th Edition will show you inspiring ideas for making your home landscaping more attractive and functional. The 54 featured designs use more than 200 annuals, perennials, trees, and shrubs that thrive in the southeast region. Drought-resistant plants that are proven performers in the southeast region are also used in the landscape designs. Step-by-step instructions for landscape projects, such as paths, patios, ponds,...

8) Climate change gardening for the South: planet-friendly solutions for thriving gardens

Author

Sullivan, Barbara J

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Book, eBook

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"In this guide, master gardener Barbara J. Sullivan offers all gardeners an essential, easy-to-use resource for adapting to the new realities of increasing weather extremes, shifting hardiness zones, and seasonal unpredictability. This book will empower Southerners to grow beautiful garderns while using gardening practices that contribute to climate-change solutions"--

9) Gardening with drought-friendly plants

Author

Hall, Tony

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Gardening with Drought-Friendly Plants is an essential guide to growing and maintaining plants best suited to our changing climate of warmer, drier summers. Drawing on his two decades of experience working with drought-friendly and Mediterranean plants, gardening expert Tony Hall profiles more than two hundred species and cultivars that are suitable for all types of planting environments, whether a large outdoor plot or a small indoor pot. Hall offers...

10) The new Southern living garden book: the ultimate guide to gardening

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Presents a guide to selecting trees, berries, perennials, and vines for the garden, and offers more than eight thousand plant listings with information on varieties, cultivation, and maintenance.

11) Pollinator gardening for the South: creating sustainable habitats

Author

Carley, Danesha Seth

Formats:

Book, eBook

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"In POLLINATOR GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH, Spafford and Carley combine the latest scientific findings about the needs of plant pollinators with easily applicable landscape strategies to enable gardeners of all levels to design, plant, and maintain their perfect pollinator-friendly garden. Packing a punch by combining plant growing know-how with garden design know-how, this book will provide critical and creative information on designing, planting and...

12) Month-by-month gardening in Alabama

Author

Polomski, Robert

13) Gardening for everyone: growing vegetables, herbs, and more at home

Author

Watkins, Julia

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"A guide to creating and growing a backyard garden simply and sustainably--from planning to planting to harvest, with profiles of essential vegetables and herbs, ecological tips, and fun and creative projects." --

14) Gardening lab for kids: 52 fun experiments to learn, grow, harvest, make, play, and enjoy your garden

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A source of ideas to help children learn how to grow their own garden encourages families to enjoy nature and features fifty-two creative plant-related activities set into weekly lessons. --Publisher's description.

15) Gardening step by step

Author

Clayton, Philip

16) The gardening book

Author

Bull, Jane

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Provides an introduction to the basics of gardening along with some related activities.

17) Gardening in the South: the complete homeowner's guide : plant picks, growing advice, style tips

Author

Weathington, Mark

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Lear from a pro exactly what it takes to grow your dream garden in the South. Expert plantsman Mark Weathington packs decades of wisdom into this definitive guide, from a comprehensive A-Z guide of the best plants for the region, to how to work with southeastern climates, seasons, and soils. Pore over design ideas for all types of outdoor spaces, and follow a quick-glance, year-round maintenance chart tailored to southern specifics. Filled with insider...

18) Gardening for a lifetime: how to garden wiser as you grow older

Author

Eddison, Sydney

19) Gardening with native plants of the South

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Offers over two hundred plant varieties native to the Southern United States for home gardening, including trees, shrubs, vines, grasses, and wildflowers, and provides a basic primer on how to use them effectively.

20) Gardening for the birds: how to create a bird-friendly backyard

Author

Adams, George Martin

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Demonstrates how to arrange native plants to mimic natural ecosystems that attract and provide for birds, outlining seasonal bloom and fruiting charts while offering close-up profiles of a variety of North American bird species.