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California Native Plants for the Garden Paperback – December 1, 2005

by Carol Bornstein (Author), David Fross (Author), Bart O'Brien (Author)

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California Native Plants for the Garden is a comprehensive resource that features more than 500 of the best California native plants for gardening in Mediterranean-climate areas of the world. Authored by three of the state's leading native-plant horticulturists and illustrated with 450 color photos, this reference book also includes chapters on landscape design, installation, and maintenance. Detailed lists of recommended native plants for a variety of situations and appendices with information on places to see native plants and where to buy them are also provided.

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271 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Cachuma Press
Publication date

December 1, 2005
Dimensions

7.75 x 1 x 10.25 inches
ISBN-10

0962850586
ISBN-13

978-0962850585
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"California Native Plants for the Garden"... is a stunner and comes at just the right time . . . a marvelous new resource. -- San Jose Mercury News, December 10, 2005

An authoritative reference on California gardening, with detailed advice on landscape design, installation, watering, pruning, and pest control. -- Los Angeles Times, January 26, 2006

Go out and buy "California Native Plants for the Garden"... [this] new book is a must-have. -- San Francisco Chronicle, February 15, 2006

This guidebook . . . is both practical and inspirational. Lovingly detailed plant profiles . . . make you covet each species. -- Sunset Magazine, April 2006

[It] provides a dazzling array of native plant possibilities for every garden situation, combined with a wealth of practical information. -- Pacific Horticulture, January 2006

[The authors] have combined their deep knowledge of and extensive experience with California plants into a thorough and charismatic guide. -- Sue Rosenthal, Bay Nature Magazine, Fall, 2005

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"California Native Plants for the Garden" is a recipient of the 2006 Book Award from the American Horticultural Society

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cachuma Press; First Edition (December 1, 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 271 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0962850586
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0962850585
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.55 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.75 x 1 x 10.25 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #285,612 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #34 in West Region Gardening (Books)
- #218 in Gardening & Horticulture Reference (Books)
- #259 in Gardening Encyclopedias

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Susan S

Wonderful book

Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2023

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This book was purchased as a gift for a friend who wishes to transition her yard to California natives. Years ago I bought a copy of this book at my local native plant nursery. It has been indispensable for choosing natives that are best suited for my garden's specific micro-climates. I love the color photos! It's a beautiful "wish book."

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I wonder

It provides not only a wealth of useful knowledge, but great pictures and a lot of ...

Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2017

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This is a *great* book on California native plants! If I had only one book on the topic, this would be it. It provides a real education on CA natives and how to use them in a garden. It provides not only a wealth of useful knowledge, but great pictures and a lot of details that will help you design your garden and use the best cultivar for your needs. There's a lot to learn, and this book covers it in a very practical and enjoyable manner. You'll learn whether a plant is relatively pest- and disease-free and how some gardens use it so it makes its best contribution, making your garden a joy to spend time in.

It's also an easy and enjoyable read. It's kind of magic that way: a reference book that I loved reading cover to cover, as I design a California native garden that I will love spending time in!

Don't overlook the last section of the book ("Recommended Plant Selections"). It gives you excellent recommendations on which plants to use for various purposes or in specific places, such as "Under Oak Trees", "Small Trees & Large Shrubs", "Aromatic Foliage", "Resistant to Oak Root Fungus", and more.

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Bibb

The California Native Plant Bible

Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2013

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if you're new or interested in California native plants and could only buy one book, this would be the book to get. "The Bornstein book" as it is often referred to is probably the most user-friendly native plant book there is. Logically laid out with plenty of crisp and colorful pictures, it covers the broadest spectrum of plants next to the Jepson Manual, If you go to a nursery that sells native plants, unless you're looking at a cultivar that was released after the date of book publishing, chances are you'll find it in this book. Each plant entry is covered with straightforward facts and advice that will help determine if the plant is suitable for your garden.

I also own the Nevin Smith and Glenn Keator books, and while both of those are excellent books as well, this is the book I check first, the one I refer to the most, and the one I find the easiest to use.

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N. Everest

Comprehensive

Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2012

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I checked out 5 books from the library: this one, Landscaping with Native Plants of Southern CA, Reimagining the CA Lawn, The CA Landscape Garden, and Designer Plant Combinations to compare and see which ones I should purchase. I am new to CA and am in a new house with no landscaping (in Santa Barbara foothills). I wanted to try to use mostly native plants, but for it to look interesting and beautiful (of course), too. This book helped me learn the plants with great photos and descriptions. I used it in conjunction with my Sunset Western Garden Book, but this always had better pictures and more detailed descriptions for uses, combinations with other plants, exposure, care, etc. It is almost the same as Reimagining the CA Lawn (same authors) but has a more comprehensive list of plants. This is the book I kept coming back to. In the end, this is the one I'm purchasing today.

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M. Vandercapellen

I have several books on this subject and this is a good one. I only wish that someone would includ ...

Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2017

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Very informative, I have several books on this subject and this is a good one. I only wish that someone would includ a little more about how to prune and take care of my Native California Garden. There is some in here, and I guess they feel that if you know the plant you will understand how to prune and nurture it as well. "First you look, and then you cut."

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T-Bear

Best book ever on using California Natives in the garden

Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2022

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This is the best book ever on using California Natives in the garden. Too bad the publisher has let it go out of print!!!!!

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Thomas O. Hagan

Comprehensive, well photographed resource!

Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2012

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This is a great tool to plan a CA native garden. Natives are usually reliable for a garden here because these plants all evolved to meet with CA summer drought, insects, etc. There are many planning guides for specific issues and garden layouts. Plant listings are thorough, and often include suggestions for other plants, native and non-native, that blend well.

I know many consider Sunset's Western garden to be the "bible" and I also use it, but it often lacks key info on natives found here. It's also very helpful in listing a large number of vendors to locate plants.

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GardenGirl

Excellent Source

Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2011

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Part of what is so valuable about this book is that it not only talks about native plants, it gives you quality color images all the way through, not just the cover. The images definitely enhance my ability to memorize plants for one of my classes. I have met one of the authors, and he is absolutely passionate about the subject and has many years of experience in the nursery trade. Also, he has visited the same sites year after year, and has observed their changes; he personally knows the history of many of the hillsides, mountains, and fields in California.

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Duccio

Poco pratico

Reviewed in Italy on October 19, 2012

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Sicuramente una manna per gli americani che hanno poco dimestichezza con la nomenclatura binomia, ma il fatto di continuare a riferirsi ad interi generi - per non dire altro - solo con i nomi vernacolari ne rende la consultazione davvero poco agevole per chiunque non sia californiano. Peccato perchè per il resto si tratta di un libro davvero ben fatto, ricco di informazioni e spunti utili per la coltivazione e l'inserimento in giardino di piante "mediterranee" non esattamente comuni e, per la maggior parte, "water-wise". Anche le foto lasciano un po' desiderare ma d'altronde il prezzo è quello che è...
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