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Manzanita’s center of biodiversity is in the California Floristic Province, where they are the “rock stars” of woody shrub diversity. Ranging from the Sierra Nevada mountains to coastal bluffs along the Pacific, from temperate rainforests along the North Coast to arid mountain slopes in Southern California, a wealth of manzanita species and subspecies can be found in an astonishing array of environments.

The Field Guide includes:

• Color plates for identifying all 107 taxa

• Accurate and updated range maps

• Descriptions of 28 destinations to explore manzanita diversity in the field

• Spectacular photos from across North America

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One of the most inspiring gardening books we’ve come across in quite some time, it delivers the kind of inspiration and hard-earned knowledge and wisdom that you’d expect from somebody like Dan Hinkley. A true plant explorer who has travelled the world many times over bringing back unique collections writes eloquently about his experience creating his second garden on the windy cliffs of the Puget Sound. A must read for any gardener, especially if you’re in the Pacific Northwest.

Daniel Hinkley is widely recognized as one of the fore­most modern plant explorers and one of the world’s leading plant collectors. He has created two outstanding private gardens—Heronswood and Windcliff. Both gardens, and the story of how one begat the other, are beautifully celebrated in Hinkley’s new book, Windcliff.

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Fearless Gardening is a really fantastic new book by Portland gardener Loree Bohl. In it she shows you how to get creative with all sorts of different plant combinations, utilize unique materials you find or scavenge to make garden artwork and plant whatever you want, wherever you want in a truly liberating style. A great book for any gardener but especially those that want their garden to really reflect who they are and are willing to go off the beaten path.

Embrace your inner rebel and create the garden you want—even if it breaks the rules. Loree Bohl, the voice behind the popular blog The Danger Garden, shows how it’s done in Fearless Gardening, with zone-busting ideas and success stories. Bohl’s own gorgeous home garden inspires, with agaves that shrug off ice storms, palms that thrive in the rain, and planting risks that are beautifully rewarded.

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An essential book for anybody gardening in the Northwest. Bonine and Campion give a succinct summary of what makes our climate so unique and offer up a range of useful plants that will thrive here. Paul’s contributions to Northwest horticulture through his nursery Xera Plants that he co-owns with Greg Shepherd have been enormous. If you’re in Portland be sure to stop by their retail shop for some amazing plant treasures.

A gardener’s plant choices and garden style are inextricably linked to the place they call home. In order to grow a flourishing garden, every gardener must know the specifics of their region’s climate, soil, and geography. Gardening in the Pacific Northwest, by regional gardening experts Paul Bonine and Amy Campion, is comprehensive, enthusiastic, and accessible to gardeners of all levels. It features information on site and plant selection, soil preparation and maintenance, and basic design principles. Plant profiles highlight the region’s best perennials, shrubs, trees, and vines. Color photographs throughout show wonderful examples of Northwest garden style.

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The plants are organized into 28 intuitively logical groups, such as succulent euphorbias, mesembryanthemums, bulbs, succulent trees, aloes, agaves, and haworthias. Each entry includes information on the plant’s native habitat, its cultivation requirements, and its horticultural potential. As useful to novice growers as to collectors and those with an existing interest in succulents, this will be the standard reference for years to come.

Reviews:

Cactus and succulent expert Dortort, a lecturer at the University of California Botanical Garden, has assembled an attractive and user-friendly guide to succulent plants. The book begins with overview chapters on succulents in nature and in cultivation. Subsequent chapters, organized by family and genus, contain an overview of the families and then move into essays on individual species. More than 2,000 succulents are featured, with descriptions, climate information, trivia, and a note on similar plants, if any. There are 750 full-color photographs of plants, most in their natural habitats. Each entry includes information on the plant’s native habitat and its cultivation requirements. Both familiar species and more exotic varieties are showcased. In the final chapter, Dortort covers “odds and ends”—plants not normally known as succulents, such as begonias and philodendrons. A genera-specific reading list is offered, for those seeking further information. Novice plant enthusiasts and those who are already well familiar with succulents will appreciate this comprehensive and accessible volume. Recommended for all public and academic libraries, particularly those with strong gardening or plant collections. –Rebecca Vnuk

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