Native Plants for the Short Season Yard: Best Picks for the Chinook and Canadian Prairie Zones  By Lyndon Penner  – note: at the time of writing, this book appears to be no longer available in print form except as atrociously priced used copies, though you may be able to find it cheaper somewhere other than… Read more: Book Review 12 

By June Flanagan · Publisher: Fifth House Books, (2005) · Paperback: 208 pages · ISBN-10: 1391894856 · Dimensions: 9” X 9” · Price: $33.21 (Amazon.ca); $10.91 (used, on Amazon.com) Note: This review is adapted and expanded from the one I posted to Amazon after purchasing the book in 2017. The title is a bit misleading.… Read more: Book Review: Native Plants for Prairie Gardens

By Miriam Goldberger  Note: This review is adapted from the one I posted to Amazon after purchasing the book in 2020.  There are a lot of things to like about this award winning book (The Garden Writers Association Silver Award of Achievement). The book seems to be geared primarily to introducing new gardeners to the… Read more: Book Review: Taming Wildflowers 

Book by Jaret C Daniels  This is, indeed, a beautiful book to add to your collection. The photos are large, sharp and nicely laid out. A brief description of each plant, including its bloom period and its growing conditions, and which groups of insects it’s important to make this book stand out.   The interesting tables… Read more: Book Review: Native Plant Gardening for Birds, Bees & Butterflies: Upper Midwest 

By Dave Williams  This book is not available from Amazon.ca, directly, but through a 3rd party vendor – hence the absolutely ridiculous price on Amazon.ca. But if you’re happy with the Kindle version, or you have an American address you can order from Amazon.com, then this book is worth considering.  An excellent guide to identifying… Read more: Book Review: The Prairie in Seed: Identifying Seed-Bearing Prairie Plants in the Upper Midwest 

By Dave Williams and Brent Butler  For the serious grower of Native Plants. And for the beginner, too. If you are growing native tallgrass prairie species in a greenhouse, are winter sowing, or if you just want to know if you should pull that weed or leave it, this book is excellent. The authors grew… Read more: Book Review – The Tallgrass Prairie Center Guide to Seed and Seedling Identification in the Upper Midwest 

The Gardener’s Guide to Prairie Plants  By Neil Diboll & Hilary Cox  As both a gardener and a bibliophile, I splurged to buy this book (over $50 with tax here in Canada) because it sounded like an awesome guide to native plants, even if it was for a region slightly west of where I am… Read more: Book Review – The Gardener’s Guide to Prairie Plants

Book Review 4 – Latin for Gardeners  I thought I’d approach this book review a little differently. For those who struggle with the botanical names for plants, I’m going to give you some suggestions for useful books and provide some comparisons to help you decide which one (or ones) you might want to acquire.   A… Read more: Book Review: Latin for Gardeners

A Garden for the Rusty-patched Bumblebee: Creating Habitat for Native Pollinators  By Lorraine Johnson and Sheila Colla with illustrations by Ann Sanderson  I am a long-time fan of Lorraine Johnson’s native plant gardening books. 100 Easy-to-Grow Native Plants for Canadian Gardens, Grow Wild: Native-Plant Gardening in Canada and Northern United States, and The New Ontario… Read more: A Garden for the Rusty-patched Bumblebee: Creating Habitat for Native Pollinators 

By Uli Lorimer A beautiful but brief synopsis of native trees, shrubs, vines, wildflowers, ferns, grasses, sedges and rushes suitable for gardens in the northeastern US and southeastern Canada (from the Maritimes through southern Quebec and into southern Ontario). I’ll start by saying that the quality of the book and the images is fabulous –… Read more: Book Review: The Northeast Native Plant Primer: 235 Plants for an Earth-Friendly Garden

Book Review 1 Native Plants of the Midwest: A Comprehensive Guide to the Best 500 Species for the Garden By Alan Branhagan Publisher ‏ : ‎ Timber Press, 2016 Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 440 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1604695935 Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5” X11” Price: $44.47 (Amazon.ca); $38.97 (Amazon.com) This big and beautiful text is the Midwest’s… Read more: Native Plants of the Midwest