Native Plants for High-Elevation Western Gardens

by Janice Busco, Nancy R. Morin

Overview

150 species of native plants guaranteed to be low-maintenance successes for people who live in the high-altitude regions of the American West (5,000 feet and above).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781555917401
Publisher:	Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Publication date:	07/01/2010
Edition description:	Second Edition, Second edition
Pages:	368
Sales rank:	1,084,921
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.06(h) x 1.09(d)

About the Author

Janice Busco has 20 years experience with Western native plants as an environmental horticulturist, consultant, and educator. She has served as co-director of the Theodore Payne Foundation for Wildflowers and Native Plants in Sun Valley, California, and as horticulturist at The Arboretum at Flagstaff. Nancy R. Morin worked for 15 years at the Missouri Botanical Garden, eventually becoming the assistant director, and another 3 years as executive director of the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta before coming to Flagstaff to serve as director of The Arboretum at Flagstaff.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	v
	Introduction: The Joy of Growing Native Plants	ix
	Planting and Maintaining the Native Garden
	Taking Stock	3
	Get to Know Your Site	3
	Your Goals and Your Capacities	3
	Make the Most of Water	4
	Preparing Your Site	7
	Soils	7
	Weed Control	8
	Diversity	10
	Getting the Plants You Want	13
	Types of Plant Material	13
	Sources of Native Plants	14
	Planting	17
	When to Plant	17
	Dig the Planting Holes	17
	Get the Plants Ready	18
	Space Plants Carefully	19
	Fertilize	19
	Encourage Soil Mycorrhizae	19
	Water Well	20
	Take Special Care in the First Season	20
	Protect Plants from Predators, Pests, and Weeds	20
	Starting from Seed	23
	Seeding Directly	23
	Seeding in Containers	25
	Keeping Your Plants Alive and Healthy	27
	Monitor Your Plants	27
	Maintain Your Native Planting	27
	Winter Preparation	28
	Troubleshooting	28
	Native Plant Species
	Introduction	33
	Species Descriptions	36
	Useful References	340
	Native Plant Sources	341
	Index	343