Starting Out with Native Plants

Starting Out with Native Plants

by Charlottedela Bedoyere (Author)

Synopsis

There are huge advantages for the gardener in growing native plants: local plants are low maintenance because they are adapted to local soils and they will usually withstand adverse weather conditions, such as summer droughts. Many will also grow in difficult areas in poor soil conditions. But perhaps the best reason for growing them is that they help to sustain and preserve the natural biodiversity of the local area: insects, birds and other animals depend on them for food and shelter. Starting Out with Native Plants illustrates and catalogues all the plants, excluding trees and shrubs, which are native to Britain. For each plant there are details of its size, habit, flowering season, hardiness, soil and site requirements, propagation and pruning methods, providing British gardeners with an instant and valuable source of reference for their local plant heritage.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 128
Publisher: New Holland Publishers Ltd
Published: 01 Mar 2007

ISBN 10: 1845376692
ISBN 13: 9781845376697

Author Bio
Charlotte de la Bedoyere has a lifelong interest in the environment and in natural gardening. She has a large, flourishing garden as well as forty acres of woodland, which contains over 250 different species of wild plants. The woodland has been named as a site of nature-conservation interest. She is the author of The Handbook of Native Trees and Shrubs, also published by New Holland. Charlotte lives in Mayfield in East Sussex.