Re: [gardeners] Eaton Canyon/ornamental grass

Ron Hay (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Fri, 13 Jul 2001 07:20:09 -0700

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Good morning,

I am no expert on ornamental grasses, but I have two salient bits of
information for you.

1) The Eaton Canyon with which I am familiar lies in the foothills of
the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California.
2)  There was a wonderful book review in the April/May, 2000, issue of
Pacific Horticulture, pp. 14-15 which may just answer your question(s).
It is Roger Grrounds' new edition of his earlier Ornamental Grasses,
published in 1979; his new, expanded, version entitled The Plantfinder's
Guide to Ornamental Grasses, Timber Press, 166 pp., $34.95. To quote the
reviewer, Bob Hornback, a horticulturalist in Occidental, CA: Wwhat a
pleasant discovery it is, then, to see that Roger Grounds has produced
The Plantfinder's Guide to Ornamental Grasses, a larger-scaled book with
a satisfying abundance of handsome photographs by grounds and eight
other photographers. This is not, by the way, simply his Ornamental
Grasses with pretty pictures. Rahter, it is more like an extended essay
about the beauty, the biology, and the uses of grasses in the garden."

I hope this proves useful to you.

Ron
Van Nuys, CA

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Good morning,

I am no expert on ornamental grasses, but I have two salient bits of information for you.

1) The Eaton Canyon with which I am familiar lies in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California.
2)  There was a wonderful book review in the April/May, 2000, issue of Pacific Horticulture, pp. 14-15 which may just answer your question(s). It is Roger Grrounds' new edition of his earlier Ornamental Grasses, published in 1979; his new, expanded, version entitled The Plantfinder's Guide to Ornamental Grasses, Timber Press, 166 pp., $34.95. To quote the reviewer, Bob Hornback, a horticulturalist in Occidental, CA: Wwhat a pleasant discovery it is, then, to see that Roger Grounds has produced The Plantfinder's Guide to Ornamental Grasses, a larger-scaled book with a satisfying abundance of handsome photographs by grounds and eight other photographers. This is not, by the way, simply his Ornamental Grasses with pretty pictures. Rahter, it is more like an extended essay about the beauty, the biology, and the uses of grasses in the garden."

I hope this proves useful to you.

Ron
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