Guest Author - Katelyn Thomas

If you enjoy the graceful beauty of grasses in your gardens, you do not want to miss this definitive guide. Gardening with Ornamental Grasses by Roger Grounds will inspire gardeners to add more grasses to the garden.

The largest and most useful section of this book, section three, A to Z of grasses, is a listing of grasses Grounds enjoys in his garden. The grasses are arranged by genus. For each of the over seventy five grass families in the book, there is a rating, as well as plant photos and growing information.

However, this book is more than a plant encyclopedia. Section one discusses why grasses should be used in the garden, while section two gives information on their care.

The fourth section, Practical Projects, includes plans for using grasses in many types of gardens, such as shade gardens or summer borders.

Finally, the appendix is crammed with useful information for the grass enthusiast.

If you love grasses or just want to find out more about them, this is a book you will want in your garden library. It is well written, extremely informative, and well organized. I give Gardening with Ornamental Grasses five out of five sunflowers.