Gardening with native plants of the Pacific Northwest

Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Foreword by Richard G. Olmstead
Preface by Linda Chalker-Scott
Acknowledgments
Introduction
	Natives, Varieties, Cultivars, and Hybrids
	History of Gardening with Natives in the Northwest
	Garden and Landscape Uses of Native Plants
	Plant Names
	In This Book
1. Garden Ecology
	Natural Environments in the Pacific Northwest
	Climate Change and Native Plants
	Introduced, Naturalized, and Invasive Species
2. Garden Science
	Analyzing Site Conditions
	Preparing the Soil
	Selecting Quality Plants
	Planting Nursery Plants into the Landscape
	Caring for New Transplants
	Managing Weeds and Invasive Species
3. Native Ornamental Trees
	Conifers
	Broad-Leaved Trees
4. Native Ornamental Shrubs
	Coniferous Evergreen Shrubs
	Evergreen Broad-Leaved Shrubs and Woody Groundcovers
	Deciduous Shrubs
5. Native Ornamental Herbaceous Perennials
	Use of Herbaceous Perennials from the Wild
	Ferns
	Ground Orchids (Orchidaceae)
	Lilies and Irises (Amaryllidaceae, Araceae, Asparagaceae, Iridaceae, Liliaceae, Melanthiaceae, and Tofieldiaceae), and Their Kin
	Lily and Iris Kin for Rock Gardens and Border Plantings
	Other Herbaceous Perennials
6. Native Ornamental Grasses and Grasslike Plants
	Grasses for Woodland Settings
	Grasses and Their Kin for Wetlands
	Meadow Grasses
	Grasses at the Seashore
	Alpine and Low-Growing Grasses for the Rock Garden
	Grasses for East of the Cascades
7. Native Ornamental Annuals
Appendix: Native Plant Societies and Botanical Gardens
Glossary of Botanical, Horticultural, and Gardening Terms
Selected Bibliography
Photography Credits
Index of Subjects
Index of Scientific and Common Names