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The Midwestern Native Garden: Native Alternatives to Nonnative Flowers and Plants

by Charlotte Adelman

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Midwestern gardeners and landscapers are becoming increasingly attracted to noninvasive regional native wildflowers and plants over popular nonnative species. The Midwestern Native Garden offers viable alternatives to both amateurs and professionals, whether they are considering adding a few native plants or intending to go native all the way. Native plants improve air and water quality, reduce use of pesticides, and provide vital food and reproductive sites to birds and butterflies, that show more nonnative plants cannot offer, helping bring back a healthy ecosystem. The authors provide a comprehensi show less

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Genres: Home & Garden, Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 635.9 — Applied science & technology Agriculture Garden crops (Horticulture) Flowers and ornamental plants
LCC: QK128 .A34 — Science Botany Botany General
BISAC: GAR GARDENING General
GAR GARDENING Landscape
NAT NATURE Plants General

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Languages: English
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ISBNs: 2

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Published: 2011
Genres: Home & Garden, Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 635.9
LCC: QK128 .A34

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