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A Native Hawaiian Garden - How to Grow and Care for Island Plants (Paperback)
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A Native Hawaiian Garden - How to Grow and Care for Island Plants (Paperback)
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Hawai'i is home to some of the rarest plants in the world, many of
them now threatened by extinction. Despite a benign and nurturing
climate, native species are declining almost everywhere in the
Islands. Human-introduced pests, the spread of competing alien
plants, wildfires, urban and agricultural development, and other
disturbances of modern life are eliminating native species at an
alarming pace. In fact, 38 percent of all plants on the U.S.
endangered species list are native Hawaiian plants. A Native
Hawaiian Garden is an effort to help stem the tide. Until recent
years, few people attempted to raise native plants in their
gardens, in schoolyards and parks, or around public buildings. But
this situation is changing as essential information about raising
native plants becomes more readily available. A Native Hawaiian
Garden offers the most in-depth treatment yet on cultivating and
propagating native Hawaiian plants. Following an overview of
Hawaiian natural history and conservation, the book treats 63
species (many for the first time), giving detailed information on
all stages of gardening: from preparing seeds for germination to
the care and tending of the young plants in the landscape. Habitats
where the plants are most likely to thrive are also described, as
well as the uses that native Hawaiians made of the plants. Over 90
color photographs enhance the book. A Native Hawaiian Garden has
much to offer professional horticulturists, landscapers, and
botanists, and gives reason to hope that more spaces around housing
developments, shopping malls, and other commercial buildings will
soon include native plants. But the book will prove especially
valuable to those gardeners who wish to grow and nurture something
truly Hawaiian in their own backyards. Among the many rewards of
growing natives, the authors make clear, is the opportunity to
contribute your own experiences and findings to a vital
preservation effort.
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