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Cool Plants for Hot Gardens

Author : Greg Starr

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 21,47 MB

Release : 2009

Category : Drought-tolerant plants

ISBN : 9781933855349

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In Cool Plants for Hot Gardens: 200 Water-Smart Choices for the Southwest, the award-winning horticulturist, nursery owner, and master gardener Greg Starr provides an indispensable reference for arid climates. He offers extensive information on 200 low-water-use plants, including clear descriptions of each plant and its ornamental features, maintenance, and climate requirements, along with landscape applications, precautions, and tips for plant identification. He completes each entry with a handy “At a Glance Summary.†This is an essential tool for gardeners, professional and amateur landscapers, and anyone interested in conserving precious desert water without sacrificing attractive, healthy plants.



Hot Plants for Cool Climates

Author : Susan A. Roth

Publisher : Timber Press

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 16,2 MB

Release : 2005-07-01

Category : Gardening

ISBN : 9780881927191

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Passionate gardeners in cooler climates struggle year after year to overwinter their gorgeous tropical plants. Our new paperback edition is the answer to their problem — practical advice for achieving the tropical look in a temperate garden. The authors, who both live and garden on Long Island, New York, reveal the secrets to creating a lush, flamboyant landscape. Separate chapters cover such topics as principles of design and maintenance, proper plant selection, container gardening, and overwintering. Fantastic color photography throughout will inspire gardeners in even the hardiest zones. With the help of this book, an impressive tropical garden is within any gardener's reach.



Hot Color, Dry Garden

Author : Nan Sterman

Publisher : Timber Press

Page : 321 pages

File Size : 18,60 MB

Release : 2018-04-26

Category : Gardening

ISBN : 1604694572

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“Eye-popping proof that water-wise gardens are bold, beautiful and brilliantly hued.” —San Diego Home and Garden Dry weather defines the southwest, and it's getting dryer. As water becomes more precious, our gardens suffer. If we want to keep gardening, we must revolutionize our plant choices and garden practices. Hot Color, Dry Garden provides a joyful, color-filled way to exuberantly garden in low-water conditions. Garden expert Nan Sterman highlights inspiring examples of brilliant gardens filled with water-smart plants. You'll find information about designing for color using plants, architecture, and accessories, along with a plant directory that features drought-tolerant plants that dazzle.



Gardener's Guide to Tropical Plants

Author : Nellie Neal

Publisher :

Page : 242 pages

File Size : 17,93 MB

Release : 2012-08-15

Category : Gardening

ISBN : 1591865328

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Author Nellie Neal explains how to best use tropical plants both indoors and out.



Agaves

Author : Greg Starr

Publisher : Timber Press

Page : 343 pages

File Size : 12,91 MB

Release : 2012-05-29

Category : Gardening

ISBN : 1604691980

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Gardeners and garden designers are having a love affair with agaves. It's easy to see why—they're low maintenance, drought-tolerant, and strikingly sculptural, with an astounding range of form and color. Many species are strikingly variegated, and some have contrasting ornamental spines on the edges of their leaves. Fabulous for container gardening or in-the-ground culture, they combine versatility with easy growability. In Agaves, plant expert Greg Starr profiles 75 species, with additional cultivars and hybrids, best suited to gardens and landscapes. Each plant entry includes a detailed description of the plant, along with its cultural requirements, including hardiness, sun exposure, water needs, soil requirements, and methods of propagation. Agaves can change dramatically as they age and this comprehensive guide includes photos showing each species from youth to maturity—a valuable feature unique to this book.



Wild Suburbia

Author : Barbara Eisenstein

Publisher : Heyday Books

Page : 224 pages

File Size : 23,33 MB

Release : 2016

Category : Gardening

ISBN : 9781597143639

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Wild Suburbia guides us through the process of transforming a traditional, high water-use yard into a peaceful habitat garden abounding with native plants. Author Barbara Eisenstein emphasizes that gardening is a rewarding activity rather than a finished product, from removing lawns and getting in touch with a yard's climate to choosing plants and helping them thrive. Supplementing her advice with personal stories from her decades of experience working with native plants, Eisenstein illuminates the joys of tending a native garden--and assures us that any challenges, from managing pests to disapproving neighbors, should never sap the enjoyment out of a pleasurable and fulfilling hobby. For plant lovers curious about their own ecosystems, Wild Suburbia offers a style of gardening that nurtures biodiversity, deepens connection to place, and encourages new and seasoned gardeners alike to experiment and have fun.



Hellstrip Gardening

Author : Evelyn Hadden

Publisher : Timber Press

Page : 297 pages

File Size : 36,53 MB

Release : 2014-04-22

Category : Gardening

ISBN : 1604693320

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Book Description

Presents a guide to creating a garden in such unused spaces as land beside a driveway, next to steps, or between the sidewalk and the street curb, discussing how to prepare the soil and listing the varieties of plants suitable for these conditions.



Succulent Container Gardens

Author : Debra Lee Baldwin

Publisher : Timber Press

Page : 249 pages

File Size : 50,51 MB

Release : 2010-01-20

Category : Gardening

ISBN : 088192959X

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Define your individual style. With their colorful leaves, sculptural shapes, and simple care, succulents are beautiful yet forgiving plants for pots. If grown in containers, these dry-climate jewels—which include but are not limited to cacti—can be brought indoors in winter and so can thrive anywhere in the world. In this inspiring compendium, the popular author of Designing with Succulents provides everything beginners and experienced gardeners need to know to create stunning container displays of exceptionally waterwise plants. The extensive palette includes delicate sedums, frilly echeverias, cascading senecios, edgy agaves, and fat-trunked beaucarneas, to name just a few. Easy-to-follow, expert tips explain soil mixes, overwintering, propagation, and more.



Pretty Tough Plants

Author : Plant Select

Publisher : Timber Press

Page : 257 pages

File Size : 27,66 MB

Release : 2017-05-03

Category : Gardening

ISBN : 1604697350

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Book Description

Tough-but-beautiful plant picks There’s a growing demand for dependably hardy plants that require less maintenance and less water, but look no less beautiful in the garden. Plant Select—the leading purveyor of plants designed to thrive in difficult climates—meets this need by promoting plants that allow gardeners everywhere to have stunning, environmentally-friendly gardens that use fewer resources. Pretty Tough Plants highlights 135 of Plant Select’s top plant picks. Each profile features a color photograph and specific details about the plant’s size, best features, and bloom season, along with cultural needs, landscape features, and design ideas. The plant list includes perennials and annuals, groundcovers, grasses, shrubs, and trees. A chart at the end of the book makes it easy to choose the right plants for specific conditions and needs.



Plantiful

Author : Kristin Green

Publisher : Timber Press

Page : 225 pages

File Size : 31,87 MB

Release : 2014-01-28

Category : Gardening

ISBN : 1604693878

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Book Description

Presents simple lessons on propagating plants, providing plant profiles for self-sowing plants, spreaders, and plants that overwinter, and includes additional gardening tips and design ideas.