Now available in paperback, The Secrets of Wildflowers is destined to be
an indispensable book for anyone who loves and admires the natural
world. Few things in nature beautify the world more than wildflowers.
Their countless colors and endless designs are found almost
anywhere--from fields to woods, deserts to ponds, and even in junkyards,
dumps, and cracks in the pavement.The Secrets of Wildflowers, Jack
Sanders's colorful tribute, is bursting with odd facts and wonderful
superstitions about some of North America's most beautiful and common
plants. Reader's will find natural history, folklore, habitats,
horticulture, ingenious uses past and present, origins of names, and
even their literary pedigrees. Far richer and eminently more varied than
any field guide, The Secrets of Wildflowers contains more than 100
species of North American wildflowers organized by blooming seasons.
Wildflowers are not just pretty to look at; they are an essential part
of our environment. How they grow and what they do are often overlooked,
and how they have been used has largely been forgotten. They feed
insects, birds, animals, and even humans. They hold and condition the
soil, and they are used in modern medicines and natural remedies and
appear throughout history in art and literature. The Secrets of
Wildflowers provides detailed information on more than one hundred
representative species of North American wildflowers.
