Native Plants for New England Gardens

Wonderful descriptions of native plants and good suggestions of the imports they can replace in our gardens, along with who those plants are host to ( either the adults or their kids). Also the plants' preference for light, moisture and soil.

This is a great reference material for New England gardens, I find the arrangement of plant types is particularly useful. There are historical notes at the beginning of each entry which helps to understand where to place the plant on a time line, or why it has become common, or why it's fallen out of most frequent use. In the latter case, it's interesting to find species or strains of common plants that are native to New England that got crowded out of gardens in the last or previous century, particularly if you'd like to reintroduce them into your garden. Also, it is very thorough - I found every plant that I was hoping to see, plus many more that I knew nothing about. The only thing I found lacking is that some of the entries didn't have specific info about what size plants will get (as in actual measurements) or what age they will get to before replacing. I may need to check an additional resource for this. However, it doesn't detract from the value of this book. Very pleased, highly recommended.

I didn't like this review popping up so much I couldn't read the book which seemed to be pretty good.

This turned out to be the best gift for the person who loves flowers! And got a great compliment.

Book was everthing that I wanted. One page of detailed description and one large photo. Perfect!

Very informative book. Thanks to it I was able to confidently shop for native plants and my backyard now has a small native plant garden.One suggestion - if toxicity of each plant to humans and pets is added in the next edition, that will be super helpful.

A mason bee is a terrific pollinator. One mason bee is the equivalent pollinator of 10 European honey bees. Butterflies seek individual wildflowers. The Monarch butterfly is attracted to the swamp milkweed. I have recently added a European honeybee hive to the property. Native bees flourish as ground bees are prevalent. We have nesting Orioles, Grosbeaks, Flycatchers and Ruby throated hummingbirds. The property is full of wildflowers. Native plants abound. To this end the above book is a great resource.

Thais book was somewhat of a disappointment for me. I was hoping for a book that would be helpful in identifying the species. I was looking for images of the flower if any, a close-up if leaves and flower as well as a photo of the whole adult plant. I wanted information regarding the height and width the plant grows to, and sun, water and soil requirements. It would be nice to know if the plants readily self-seeds or spreads beyond a certain size. This book leaves out many of the details on most of the plants mentioned in the book.