Xeriscape Plant Guide

Xeriscape Plant Guide
Author:
Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1996
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9781555912536

100 water-wise plants for gardens and landscapes.

Xeriscape Color Guide

Xeriscape Color Guide
Author: David Winger
Publisher: Fulcrum Group
Total Pages: 76
Release: 1998
Genre: Gardening
ISBN:

Designed to be used as a companion to Xeriscape Plant Guide, this book helps gardeners and landscapers design colorful, practical and water-wise environments.

Xeriscape Handbook

Xeriscape Handbook
Author: Gayle Weinstein
Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
Total Pages: 160
Release: 1999
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9781555913465

An easy-to-follow, step-by-step approach to creating a water-wise gardening environment, no matter where one lives. Photos.

Plants for Tropical Landscapes

Plants for Tropical Landscapes
Author: Fred D. Rauch
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2000-08-01
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780824820343

Carefully selected plants add color, character, and charm to a wide variety of outdoor settings, providing much enjoyment and increasing the value of your home. Plants for Tropical Landscapes will help you select and group plants to create a successful tropical garden tailored to your needs and tastes. Gardeners and landscapers will find this treasury of more than 500 common plants easy to use and one of the most comprehensive guides available today. Plants are organized by size (ground covers, low shrubs, medium shrubs, small trees) and are fully illustrated with more than 700 color photographs to aid in their identification. The book presents guidelines on plant characteristics, soil and water requirements, and suggested landscape use for each species. In addition, appendices list plants suitable for special uses (xeriscapes, windbreaks, night gardens) and sites (beach gardens, lanai, and houseplants).

Best Plants for New Mexico Gardens and Landscapes

Best Plants for New Mexico Gardens and Landscapes
Author: Baker H. Morrow
Publisher: UNM Press
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2016-04-15
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 0826356370

First published in 1995, this invaluable guide to the trees, shrubs, ground covers, and smaller plants that thrive in New Mexico’s many life zones and growing areas is now available in a long-awaited new edition. Landscape architect Baker H. Morrow considers the significant factors that impact planting in New Mexico—including soil conditions, altitude, drought, urban expansion, climate change, and ultraviolet radiation—to provide the tools for successful gardens and landscapes in the state. Added photographs and sketches identify the forms and uses of plants, including many new species that have become widely available in the region since the 1990s. The latest recommendations for specific cities and towns include more photos for ease of reference, and botanical names have also been updated. With ingenuity and efficient water management, Morrow demonstrates how to create landscapes that provide shade, color, oxygen, soil protection, windscreening, and outdoor enjoyment.

Xeriscape Gardening

Xeriscape Gardening
Author: Connie Lockhart Ellefson
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
Total Pages: 336
Release: 1992
Genre: Gardening
ISBN:

Xeriscape, or low-water, landscaping will define gardening in the 21st century. Xeriscape has currency in every area of the country experiencing drought or lowered water tables. This guide outlines the principles of low-water landscaping and the practicalities of transforming a landscape. Endorsed by the National Xeriscape Council.

Dry-land Gardening

Dry-land Gardening
Author: Jennifer Bennett
Publisher: Willowdale, Ont. : Firefly Books
Total Pages: 182
Release: 1998
Genre: Gardening
ISBN:

Details the techniques of xeriscaping, including water conservation strategies and groundcover nuturing, and lists the types of flowers, herbs, and vegetables that are used in dry-land gardening.

The California Native Landscape

The California Native Landscape
Author: Greg Rubin
Publisher: Timber Press
Total Pages: 373
Release: 2013-03-05
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1604692324

Water shortages and water rationing are commonplace throughout California, rendering expanses of lawn and thirsty, nonnative plants unsustainable. The California Native Landscape addresses both concerns by showing homeowners how to succeed with natives and showing them how lush, colorful, and thriving their landscape can be. The authors stress the importance of smart garden design and combining the right plants to promote the natural symbiosis that occurs within plant communities. Native plants also play an important role in creating fire-resistant landscapes, and this new book has cutting-edge information on this crucial topic, refuting the myth that natives are more fire-prone than nonnatives. With its unique combination of proven techniques, environmental wisdom, and inspiring design advice, this is an essential resource for all California gardeners who want to create a beautiful, ecologically appropriate, and resource-conserving home landscape.

Creating the Prairie Xeriscape

Creating the Prairie Xeriscape
Author: Sara Williams
Publisher: Coteau Books
Total Pages: 347
Release: 2013
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1550504614

Create a yard that is pleasing in design and usefulness, yet low in maintenance and not another threat to our fragile environment. Everything you need to know about xeriscaping.