It's a good book for beginners interested in adding natives to their gardens.
Great book as are all of Armitage's. I always enjoy his humor about plants and their behavior in his garden. The book is not an exhaustive listing of all native plants but covers the most easily accessible natives. He does prefer to include cultivars along with native species rather than all the native species in each genus. It's a good book for beginners interested in adding natives to their gardens. For someone who is further along in knowledge of natives, a state specific resource book would be more informative. For Michiganders I recommend Landscaping with Native Plants of Michigan by Lynn M. Steiner. Her book includes color photos, habitat, range, and more species under each plant genus.Good native plant nurseries in outstate MI are Arrowhead Alpines in Fowlerville, Wildtype in Mason and Four Season Nursery in Traverse City.