American Plants for American Gardens

American Plants for American Gardens book cover

Edith A. Roberts and Elsa Rehmann. University of Georgia Press, 1996.

Topic(s): Ecological Systems, Plants: Botany, Plants: Selection

Foreword by Darrel Morrison
This is a helpful book for thinking about plant communities. Chapters such as "The Juniper Hillside," "The Oak Woods," and "The Stream-side" were first published serially in 1929 in House Beautiful magazine. Morrison's foreword is exceptional, and this book is a historical treasure reminding us that native plants were once mainstream in American life.