[PDF] Cool Plants For Hot Gardens eBook

Author : Greg Starr
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,15 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.

Author : Susan A. Roth
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,18 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.

Author : Nan Sterman
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 45,28 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.

Author : Greg Starr
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 44,82 MB
Release : 2021-11-30
Category :
ISBN : 9780578312125

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Encyclopedia of low-water-use plants for landscaping in the arid southwestern United States.

Author : Nellie Neal
Publisher :
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 21,77 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.

Author : Susan A. Roth
Publisher : Mariner Books
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 15,54 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Gardening
ISBN :

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A guide for raising tropical plants in northern climates includes advice for helping plants survive through the winter, a comprehensive list of plants, and sources for tropical and tropical-looking hardy plants.

Author : Barbara Eisenstein
Publisher : Heyday Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 39,11 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.

Author : Greg Starr
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 37,9 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.

Author : Ken Druse
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 46,4 MB
Release : 2015-04-14
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1613126042

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The author of The Natural Shade Garden offers a comprehensive new guide to climate-conscious gardening—beautifully illustrated with 400 photos. There is a new generation of gardeners who are planting gardens not only for their visual beauty but also for their ability to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In The New Shade Garden, Ken Druse provides expert advice on creating a shade garden with an emphasis on the adjustments necessary for our changing climate. Druse examines common problems facing today's gardeners, from addressing the deer situation to watering plants without stressing limited resources. Detailing all aspects of the gardening process, The New Shade Garden covers basic topics such as designing your own garden, pruning trees, preparing soil for planting, and the vast array of flowers and greenery that grow best in the shade. Perfect for new and seasoned gardeners alike, this encyclopedic manual provides all the information you need to start or improve upon your own shade garden.

Author : Brenda C. Adams
Publisher : University of Alaska Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 30,54 MB
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1602233268

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A cold climate is no excuse for a dull, colorless garden. The key is knowing the right plants that will survive and thrive in even the chilliest environments. Who better to guide gardeners than an expert from the far north? Award-winning designer and Alaska gardener Brenda Adams has spent decades searching for exceptional plants that flourish in wintery climates. In Cool Plants for Cold Climates, she presents vivid and detailed portraits of the best and most beautiful of the bunch. When Adams moved from the warm Southwest to Alaska, she found herself in a different gardening world, with few guides on how to approach this new ecosystem. Now, more than twenty-five years later, she shares the secrets gained from her years of gardening experiments as well as bountiful advice from friends and local nurseries. She explains how to evaluate a plant, balancing its artistic attributes with its more utilitarian ones, as well as how to evaluate your space and soil. Adams then takes you into the nursery, offering guidance on how to pick the best of the best. Finally, she offers a detailed look at a wide variety of wonderful plants, highlighting those that offer overall beauty, are especially easy to care for, and solidly hardy. With more than three hundred vivid pictures of both individual plants and full gardens, Adams proves that there is a bounty of plants, in a rainbow of colors, waiting to brighten up your space.