Ornamental Grasses and Grasslike Plants - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ornamental Grasses and Grasslike Plants write by A. J. Oakes. This book was released on 2012-12-06. Ornamental Grasses and Grasslike Plants available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Gramineae, or grass family, is second in size only to the Compositeae, or sunflower family. It is among the most important plant families in the world. The major food crops of the world are found in the grass family. From time immemorial, grasses have provided food and shelter for humanity, domesticated livestock, and wildlife; without grasses, these forms of life might cease to exist. The grass family is large in size, diverse in habit, and ubiquitous in distribution. Earth would be bleak and bare, indeed, in the absence of this life-sustaining plant family. In addition to its economic and industrial value, the grass family has some ornamental value. It provides us with physical sustenance and gives us much pleasure and satisfaction in its ornamental forms. The purpose of this book is to point out the value and usefulness of grasses as ornamentals and to deline:tte their attributes and uses in the home, in the garden, and in the landscape. Ornamental grasses serve a unique and significant purpose in ornamental horticulture. Horticulturists, other plant scientists, and nursery personnel are more fully aware of the value and usefulness of grasses as ornamentals than is the general public. It is mainly for this reason that this work is directed toward the home gardener and the scientist alike, in the hope of enhancing reader appreciation of the roie grasses play in ornamental horti culture.
How to Identify Grasses and Grasslike Plants (sedges and Rushes)
How to Identify Grasses and Grasslike Plants (sedges and Rushes) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook How to Identify Grasses and Grasslike Plants (sedges and Rushes) write by Harold David Harrington. This book was released on 1977. How to Identify Grasses and Grasslike Plants (sedges and Rushes) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. FIELD GUIDE TO IDENTIFYING GRASSES.
Designing with Grasses
Designing with Grasses - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Designing with Grasses write by Neil Lucas. This book was released on 2011-01-12. Designing with Grasses available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Grasses Offer so Much More than the flat, green lawns beneath our feet. In the garden, spikelets of Briza media flutter in the slightest breeze, tall-stemmed Stipa gigantea makes a beguiling divider, and pennisetums glow like fireworks with the sun at their backs. When chosen wisely and used with care, grasses can endow the garden with showstopping appeal---requiring remarkably little work in return. Neil Lucas explains how to bring the magic of grasses to even the smallest of gardens. Inspired by the great American prairies, African savannah and other wild spaces, he shows how to perfect the balance between grasses and other plants, choose sustainable lawn alternatives that virtually care for themselves, and showcase the elegant lines and intriguing textures of grasses to glorious effect. Planting grasses in the right place is critical, and Lucas lists top performers for drought, waterside, containers, shade and more. Along the way, he explains how grasses contribute to a greener world through their use in rain gardens, green roofs and for erosion control. With an extensive directory profiling more than 450 gardenworthy grasses, rushes and sedges, this lavishly illustrated volume offers gardeners a world of possibilities.
Grasses, Sedges, Rushes
Grasses, Sedges, Rushes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Grasses, Sedges, Rushes write by Lauren Brown. This book was released on 2020-08-18. Grasses, Sedges, Rushes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A practical and expertly illustrated field guide to over one hundred grasses, sedges, and rushes "No one will be able to claim that the identification of grasses, sedges, and rushes, which are of fundamental importance both environmentally and economically, are simply 'too difficult' after they have learned to use this excellent guide."--Peter Raven, President Emeritus, Missouri Botanical Garden This elegant and easy-to-use guide is an updated and amended revision of Lauren Brown's seminal Grasses: An Identification Guide, which was first published in 1979. While maintaining the spirit and goals of the original edition--a portable, straightforward, and user-friendly guide for naturalists and plant enthusiasts--the new edition features more than one hundred grasses, sedges, and rushes that are presented with line drawings and color photographs, concise descriptions, and details on the uses of various plants throughout history. In addition, the authors are careful to highlight the subtle differences in similar species to avoid confusion, as well as offering relevant notes on plant survival strategies, invasiveness, and how different plants fit within the broader ecological landscape. Devoid of technical jargon, this volume is an indispensable tool for those curious about the often-overlooked grasses, sedges, and rushes that surround us.
Ornamental Grasses and Grasslike Plants
Ornamental Grasses and Grasslike Plants - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ornamental Grasses and Grasslike Plants write by Albert Jackson Oakes. This book was released on 1993. Ornamental Grasses and Grasslike Plants available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
