Florida's Best Native Landscape Plants:
200 Readily Available Species for Homeowners and Professionals.
Written by Gil Nelson, illustrated by Susan Trammell & Jean Putnam-Hancock
This lavishly illustrated book is a guide for landscape designers, home gardeners, and restoration professionals. Published by the University Press of Florida in cooperation with the Association of Florida Native Plant Nurseries. The 200 plants featured are a selection of the most readily available plants that are best suited to landscape use. Each species profile details size and form, uses for landscaping and/or gardening, best features, range and distribution, physical appearance, culture, best companion plants, allergenic properties, cultivars, and similar species.
Each account is illustrated with one or more color photos, over 700 in all, and 180 of them are further illustrated with an original watercolor. An introductory section introduces readers to the importance and benefits of using native plants in landscaping.
Gil Nelson is a writer, naturalist, and educator who lives and works in Tallahassee, Florida. He is the author of Ferns of Florida, Shrubs and Woody Vines of Florida, Trees of Florida, Exploring Wild Northwest Florida, and Exploring Wild North Florida and coauthor of the National Audubon Society Field Guide to Florida, the National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Southeast, and Florida Wetland Plants.
"This beautifully illustrated book is loaded with practical information that professionals and homeowners will find very useful."—Jeffrey G. Norcini, University of Florida
"Gil Nelson's book provides a very good selective overview of native plants readily available in the nursery trade that can be used in landscaping and the best ways to utilize them."—Richard P. Wunderlin, author of Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida and Flora of Florida, Volume 1
432 pages, 7 X10 Paper:
$34.95 (plus $2.10 tax, if shipped to Florida) and $3 per book for shipping. If you order prints, the book will be shipped separately via "Media Rate".
*Description of book and reviews were edited from infomation on the web site of the University Press of Florida.