Hot Color, Dry Garden - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hot Color, Dry Garden write by Nan Sterman. This book was released on 2018-04-26. Hot Color, Dry Garden available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “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.
The Colorful Dry Garden
The Colorful Dry Garden - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Colorful Dry Garden write by Maureen Gilmer. This book was released on 2018-01-30. The Colorful Dry Garden available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A design-focused, easy-to-use guide to colorful, eye-catching foliage and flowers for your whole yard, from the ground plane to the canopy, for homeowners and landscapers faced with replacing thirsty gardens in California and other dry regions in the Western US. If readers must reluctantly remove water-guzzling favorites from the garden, they need equally beautiful substitutes! This book is a visual treat that supports the transition to dry gardening by proving that gardeners can have all the gorgeous color and flowers they had in the past using just a fraction of the water. Maureen Gilmer provides chapters on design categories of plants—flowering shrubs, the ground plain, eye-catching accents, ephemeral flowers, perennials for color, animated plants and fine textures, canopy, and edibles—with profiles for each plant plus background info and top picks lists. The Colorful Dry Garden is unique because it features only bold plants that are also heavy bloomers despite heat and limited water. It also features more than just Western native plants by including varieties from the world's driest climates.
The Bold Dry Garden
The Bold Dry Garden - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Bold Dry Garden write by Johanna Silver. This book was released on 2016-10-05. The Bold Dry Garden available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “For those of you—and your numbers are growing—gardening in drought-stricken parts of the country, The Bold Dry Garden will quench your thirst for inspiration.” —New York Times Book Review Ruth Bancroft is a dry gardening pioneer. Her lifelong love of plants led to the creation of one of the most acclaimed public gardens, The Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek, California. The Bold Dry Garden offers unparalleled access to the garden and the extraordinary woman responsible for it. In its stunningly photographed pages, you’ll discover the history of the garden and the design principles and plant palette that make it unique. Packed with growing and maintenance tips, profiles of signature plants for a dry garden, and innovative design techniques, The Bold Dry Garden has everything you need to create a garden that is lush, waterwise, and welcoming.
Water-Wise Plants for the Southwest
Water-Wise Plants for the Southwest - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Water-Wise Plants for the Southwest write by Nan Sterman. This book was released on 2010-02-01. Water-Wise Plants for the Southwest available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Water-Wise Plants for the Southwest is a must have resource for any Southwest gardener facing water-shortages. It is filled with expert advice from proven low-water gardeners, and includes everything from using tried and true low water use plants in the landscape, efficient watering and cultivation tips from planting to maturity, to new water-wise cultivars and species. The book features inspirational photos of low-water residential landscapes and more than 100 plant recommendations with helpful icons for ease of use. Also included is an extensive reference guide with listings of botanical and water conservation demonstration gardens, educational opportunities, irrigation suppliers, technical support, websites, and professional organizations. This book is one you would recommend to any gardener facing limited water resources.
Gardening in Summer-Dry Climates
Gardening in Summer-Dry Climates - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Gardening in Summer-Dry Climates write by Nora Harlow. This book was released on 2021-01-05. Gardening in Summer-Dry Climates available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Dry summer, wet winter climate? This is your must have plant guide. Selecting plants suited to your climate is the first step toward a thriving, largely self-sustaining garden that connects with and supports the natural world. With gentle and compelling text and stunning photographs of plants in garden settings, Gardening in Summer-Dry Climates by Nora Harlow and Saxon Holt is a guide to native and climate-adapted plants for summer-dry, winter-wet climates of North America's Pacific coast. Knowing what these climates share and how and why they differ, you can choose to make gardens that maintain and expand local and regional biodiversity, take little from the earth that is not returned, and welcome and accommodate the presence of wildlife. With global warming, it is now even more critical that we garden in tune with climate.
