This collection of plant profiles draws from the author's popular gardening column and is illustrated with Rene Eisenbart's lush watercolor paintings. Ketzel has selected 100 plants that thrive in the Pacific Northwest's mild, soggy winters and temperate, dry summers, though readers anywhere can appreciate the beauty of the images and her practical advice. Organized by season, the book includes each plant's Latin name, common name, basic needs, growing tips, and worst enemy. The profiles offer botanical information and ...
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This collection of plant profiles draws from the author's popular gardening column and is illustrated with Rene Eisenbart's lush watercolor paintings. Ketzel has selected 100 plants that thrive in the Pacific Northwest's mild, soggy winters and temperate, dry summers, though readers anywhere can appreciate the beauty of the images and her practical advice. Organized by season, the book includes each plant's Latin name, common name, basic needs, growing tips, and worst enemy. The profiles offer botanical information and stories from the garden, delivered with Ketzel's trademark style and enthusiasm.
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Very Good. GREAT BOOK! MODERATE SHELF WEAR & SMALL BEND ON COVER. A FEW LIBRARY STAMPS, NO MARKINGS IN TEXT. "Description: Known as "The Doyenne of Dirt" on NPR's "Weekend Edition", Ketzel Levine has a national reputation for unabashed gardening advice. Drawn from her popular column in The Oregonian, here are Levine's 100 recommendations for the best perennials, grasses, shrubs, and trees. With gorgeous watercolor illustrations of every plant, this book constitutes the ultimate gardener's shopping list! Levine reveals what's so special about her picks, along with advice on how to keep them happy. So whether it is clematis cirrhosa (sounds like "feminist mimosa") or ophiopogon (rhymes with "sophie showed logan"), these plants are the best of the best, served up with a whole lot of attitude."
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Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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As New. 1st printing pictorial 4to wraps. 224pp. Illus. Index. Presentation copy signed by Levine to J____. Wonderful illustrations to ample text. Fine, like new.
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