Hugo Latymer reveals the rich diversity of trees, shrubs, flowering plants and cacti that flourish in regions where summers are hot and dry, winters mild and wet.His knowledge and enthusiasm are communicated in descriptions of more than 300 plants, most of them readily obtainable: Chinaberry trees with fragrant lilac flowers in spring, dark green twisted carobs, beautiful red-flowered climbing lilies. Many of the subjects are illustrated in superb color photographs. Coded information at the head of each entry enables gardeners to make the best choices when confronted with the bewildering array of plants on offer.Whether your garden is a patio of a few square metres or several hectares on a terraced hillside, you will find a wealth of ideas for colorful and interesting plants and a variety of garden designs. The author draws on 20 years' experience of gardening on the island of Mallorca.
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"'Covers the problems encountered on sundrenched sites and suggests design ideas that meet them, while providing an illustrated encyclopaedia of appropriate plants.' Fred Whitsey, Daily Telegraph; 'Proponents of global warming theory can relish the delights that may be in store for gardeners in England.' The Independent"
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Hugo Latymer was an authority on plant cultivation and garden design in Mediterranean regions. He spent many years living and gardening on Majorca and became an acknowledged authority on designing and cultivating gardens suited to the dry, hot climate there. He died in 2003.
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This book is an absolute delight, as much for the prose as for the glorious photographs. As well as recommendations for planting in various Mediterranean conditions, the author gives splendid professional advice on local problems such as water shortage, salt air damage and so on. If you have had failures in your ex-pat. garden through trying to acclimatise plants which only thrive in more northerly regions, this book will help you never again to make those mistakes. No-one should be without it; I have two of them. Yvonne Gregson.
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The most valuable thing about this book for me was the extensive plant list which contained good information about size, growing speed, minimum temperatures, water need and descriptions of the plant itself sometimes including information about propagation. The list is devided in different chapters for trees, shrubs, climbers, palms, cacti and succulents, perrenials and annuals which made it very easy to use while planning a garden.The information chapters are mainly oriented on style and design though even some chapters about soil and water are included which contain valuable knowledge.
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Our Best Gardening Book,
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Can't beat this for our climate (So. Calif. by the beach) for trustworthy info. Hugo is dead-on! We own zillions of gardening books and this is by far my personal favorite.
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Broadly speaking, this book caters for gardeners living in warm temperate regions that experience four months of hot, almost totally dry summer weather and wet but sunny winters, with lowest annual temperatures of between 2 C/35 F and -6 C/21 F. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Broadly speaking, this book caters for gardeners living in warm temperate regions that experience four months of hot, almost totally dry summer weather and wet but sunny winters, with lowest annual temperatures of between 2 C/35 F and -6 C/21 F. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
occasional watering, reinforcement rods, iron chelate, evergreen climber, worth planting, coastal conditions, hard pruning, excellent ground cover, daisylike flowers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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