Growing and Propagating Showy Native Woody Plants

Bir identifies some of the showiest woody plants native to the eastern United States and tells how to propagate and care for them. He describes more than ninety species of native plants, most illustrated with a color photograph, and includes several useful appendixes listing nurseries that stock these hard-to-find species.

Growing and Propagating Showy Native Woody Plants
For those whose interest is either floral beauty or horticulture, this book is excellent.

"Wildflower"
This is a beautifully organized, double-duty volume that belongs in the library of anyone interested in native woodies.

"Native Notes Newsletter"
"For those whose interest is either floral beauty or horticulture, this book is excellent.

"Wildflower""
"This is a beautifully organized, double-duty volume that belongs in the library of anyone interested in native woodies.

"Native Notes Newsletter""
A useful book for the amateur gardener looking for a single source of basic information on plants.

"Brittonia"
That rarest of things: a gardening book that's even better than the description on the back of the jacket.

"Horticulture"
This eminently sensible book . . . will be welcomed by gardeners everywhere who grow plants native to the southeastern and mid-Atlantic states.

"Pacific Horticulture"