Böcker av Glenn Keator

Aims to convey the diversity and beauty of California's native plants and demonstrates how they can be brought into ecologically sound, attractive, workable, and artful gardens. This book includes sample plans for a native garden design accompanied by drawings, color photographs, a plant list, tips on successful gardening with individual species.

The mild Mediterranean climate of the San Francisco Bay Region nurtures an enormous variety of trees. This guidebook, with easy-to-use keys, informative species accounts, and illustrations, should appeal to those who want an authoritative manual to carry into the field.

Interest in California's beautiful native trees and wildflowers is at an all-time high. Yet identification of the state's vast and varied flora can be challenging for both amateurs and professionals. This book provides a way for learning to identify California's native and naturalized plants by learning to recognize plant families.