Rick Darke addresses both the aesthetic qualities of grasses in private gardens and the opportunities and challenges of using them in wild and constructed public landscapes. All the true grasses, sedges, rushes, restios and cattails that possess ornamental merit or that can contribute to ecological plantings are described, and practical matters of propagation, growth and maintenance are also covered. More than 1,000 stunning photographs show details of individual plants and hundreds of gardens and landscapes in which grasses play a prominent part. This new book eclipses Darke’s previous Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses in scope and content, with twice as many photos and words. ©2007. 484 pp. Color, line drawings. Glossary, index. Hardcover.