FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 BESS PRESS REVISES GROWING NATIVE HAWAIIAN PLANTS, A LOCAL BESTSELLER

Horticulturist and gardening columnist Heidi Bornhorst provides practical advice for growing 75 plants-33 of them new to this edition. A section on basic techniques includes growing plants from cuttings or seeds, air-layering, grafting, watering, xeriscaping, transplanting, fertilizing, pruning, and water gardening. Sections on ground covers, grasses and sedges, shrubs, vines, trees, and ferns explain the care and use of individual plants and describe each plant's importance in Hawaiian culture. Photos illustrate the features of the plants and their use in the landscape.

Heidi Leianuenue Bornhorst is Landscape Director for the Hale Koa Hotel and runs a horticultural consulting business that specializes in landscaping with native Hawaiian plants and xeriphytic landscapes. She writes a gardening column for the Honolulu Advertiser, and her television feature “The Morning Garden” appears on the early morning news on KITV, Channel 4.

Bess Press, celebrating 26 years of independent publishing is located in Honolulu , Hawai'i and publishes trade titles about Pacific-related topics in the following categories: children's literature, cookbooks, humor, travel, sports, languages, reference books, and guidebooks.

Review copies and digital images are available from Bess Press: info@besspress.com , (808) 734-7159, ext. 21.

ISBN: 1-57306-207-3, 106 pages, $14.95