Landscape Plants of the Southeast

by R. Gordon Halfacre, Anne R. Shawcroft, Gordon Halfacre

Book Overview

Landscape Plants of the Southeast This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0916822141
• ISBN13: 9780916822149
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Sparks Press
• Length: 426 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Outstanding horticultural reference

This book features hundreds of color photos of plants and black & white botanical drawings of leaves and fruit and contains information on the use and culture of hundreds of varieties for temperate and subtropical city and suburban landscaping. R. Gordon Halfacre, Professor at Clemson University, is a graduate of Clemson College and received a Ph.D. in Horticulture from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and a M.L.A. in Landscape Architecture from North Carolina State University. He received VPI's Sigma Xi Research Award in 1968 and was named N.C. State's Outstanding Teacher in 1970. His previous books include Fundamentals of Horticulture, Keep 'Em Growing, Horticulture and Carolina Landscape Plants. Horticulture received the Helen S. Hull award for Literary Horticulture achievement in America presented by the Garden Clubs of America. Anne Rogers Shawcroft, a landscape designer who lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, studied horticulture and botany at North Carolina State University and received a B.A. in Art Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She was the author of Carolina Landscape Plants.

One of the BEST reference plant guides out there!

I took a plant I.D. class several years back and this was the text for the class. This is one of the first books I refer to when trying to learn more about a tree or shrub. I think only Michael Dirr's books surpass it!

LANDSCAPER'S BIBLE!

I am a graduate of Clemson Univeristy's Horticulture curriculum and have had Dr. Halfacre as a professor for plant materials and landscape design. This book is ESSENTIAL to any person interested in designing or becoming familiar with the plants in the Southeast. I use it almost every day, and the information is very well laid out...it is easy to find what you need and identifying plants using this book is very simple. YOU MUST GET THIS BOOK!

Wonderful resource book for beginners and advanced gardeners

This is an outstanding book for any one needing to identify shrubs, plants,trees,and flowers. Also gives concise instructions on planting. Lovely color photos on each page. Lots of helpful tips. Many thanks to Mr. Halfacre!