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Gardening With Prairie Plants: How To Create Beautiful Native Landscapes

by Sally Wasowski Wasowski, Andy Wasowski (Photographer)

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Filled with practical advice and detailed information, this indispensable guide to prairie gardening shows readers how to choose space, plan a garden, select plants and flowers, and much more.

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DDC/MDS: 635.9 — Applied science & technology Agriculture Garden crops (Horticulture) Flowers and ornamental plants
LCC: SB434.3 .W37 — Agriculture Horticulture. Plant propagation. Plant breeding Plant culture Flowers and flower culture. Ornamental plants Classes of plants
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