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Zusatztext “Beautiful. . . . Mellichamp provides a stepping-off point for those ready to make the leap into native plant gardening in the Southeast.” — Native Plants Magazine “Larry Mellichamp knows his plants. . . . His impressive work covers 460 native plant species and helps us not only identify wild plants! but also details how each can be used in a cultivated garden.” — Carolina Country “Opens up [the] world of native plants.” — Charlotte Observer “With concise but comprehensive profiles of plants and how they might best be used in conventional garden settings! lavishly enhanced by photography by veteran wildflower photographer Will Stuart! this book should become the go-to resource for southern gardeners eager to break out of the ‘local garden center mode’ and truly express their botanical individuality.” — Salt Magazine Informationen zum Autor Larry Mellichamp , PhD, is professor emeritus of botany and horticulture at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He was also director of the university's Botanical Gardens, and is the co-author of six books. Will Stuart is a certified native plant specialist, a member of the Carolina Nature Photographers Association, the North Carolina Native Plant Society, the Audubon Society, and the National Wildlife Federation. Klappentext “Those new to native plant gardening as well as those well-experienced will find much here to add to their horticultural toolkit. Whether one’s interest is wildflowers, grasses, sedges, ferns, bog plants, trees, or all of the above, Mellichamp’s treatise will serve as a welcomed resource.” —Gil Nelson, author of Best Native Plants for Southern Gardens Create a garden that reflects the unique beauty of the Southeast region. Native Plants of the Southeast shows you the best native plants and how to use them in your garden. 460 species of trees, shrubs, wildflowers, grasses, and ferns Practical cultivation tips Hundreds of beautiful photos Helpful lists of plants for difficult situations, attracting wildlife, and fall color Vorwort Native Plants of the Southeast is the definitive reference on the region's native flora for home gardeners. Preface How did I come to write a book about gardening with native plants in the Southeast? When I was about ten years old something happened that changed my life, but I did not know it at the time, only in retrospect. One summer day my Great Aunt Annie let me pick a flower from a special patch in her garden that she said was just for me. What a shock, what a thrill. I did not really know what it meant. I remember picking the flower; I even remember what it was—a “wild” petunia, according to my aunt. You don’t realize what had just happened. My aunt had a meticulous garden: a garden so well laid out in beds, so precisely managed through the year, so off-limits that no child (rarely an adult) would have a measurable half-life of time exploring the beds, so critical that only she could weed and water, so spotless that the bees didn’t dare land on a petal for fear of leaving a foot print. No one could step off the path, touch anything, much less pick a flower. My heavens! I did not even know back then that flowers could be picked. My aunt had said that it was time I got to pick a flower. Why did she let me do it? I don’t know. Perhaps it was like a special coming-of-age ritual, an early taste of an initiation into the inner sanctum of adulthood. She knew that I liked coming to her house, but the best I could do was help mow the lawn and water the ancient mistletoe cactus on the porch (which I still grow a piece of). Did she have a scheme, did she set a trap, and did she kno...
