Designing California Native Gardens: The Plant Community Approach to Artful, Ecological Gardens Los Nogales attractive bark and fern-like foliage

attractive bark and fern-like foliage makes this an especially attractive tree in the landscape

Contrary to the self-limiting title

A medium-sized shrub distinguished by its glossy green leaves and large clusters of white flowers in winter

Sonoran Desert

this must-have guide allows gardeners and horticulturists to understand plants from the plant's point of view

Designing California Native Gardens: The Plant Community Approach to Artful, Ecological Gardens Los Nogales attractive bark and fern-like foliageDemonstrates how the diversity and beauty of California's native plants can be brought into ecologically sound, attractive, and workable gardens. Inspirational, practical, and easy to use, this book was created with the aim of conveying the awesome diversity and beauty of California's native plants and demonstrating how they can be brought into ecologically sound, attractive, workable, and artful gardens. Structured around major California plant