Mid-Atlantic Home Landscaping [Paperback]

Roger Holmes Mr. (Author), Rita Buchanan (Author)

Book Description

Series: Home Landscaping | Publication Date: December 15, 2005

This updated, expanded edition provides inspiring ideas for making the Mid-Atlantic home landscape more attractive and functional. Starting with the 200 best plants that thrive in the region, area landscape professionals created 46 outdoor design concepts readers can work with. More than 430 color photographs and drawings complement the easy-to-follow instructions for caring for and installing plants, paths, patios, ponds, and arbors.
DE, Long Island, MD, NJ, PA, VA, WV

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Book Description

This updated, expanded edition provides inspiring ideas for making the Mid-Atlantic home landscape more attractive and functional. Starting with the 200 best plants that thrive in the region, area landscape professionals created 46 outdoor design concepts readers can work with. More than 430 color photographs and drawings complement the easy-to-follow instructions for caring for and installing plants, paths, patios, ponds, and arbors.
DE, Long Island, MD, NJ, PA, VA, WV

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Mid-Atlantic Home Landscaping

• Approximately 400 full-color photos and illustrations

• 46 designs covering the most common situations, such as front entries, foundation plantings, patios, and steep slopes.

• Detailed descriptions of more than 200 plants that will grow well in your region, plus all you need to know to select, plant, and care for them.

• Step-by-step instructions for building structures, such as paths, patios, ponds, walls, fences, arbors, and trellises.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Creative Homeowner; 2nd edition (December 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580112552
• ISBN-13: 978-1580112550
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 8.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,008,870 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource for new or renewing landscaping, April 13, 2008

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This review is from: Mid-Atlantic Home Landscaping (Paperback)

I owned the previous edition of this book, and this updated version is even better than the original. The illustrations are particularly useful: what a specific garden would look like when just planted, 5 years later, and 15 years later--something that many people have difficulty envisioning. The book also devotes several pages each to specific situations, such as different treatments for a roadside mailbox, creating a seating area, and planning for a narrow space between a house and a fence. There are also specific instructions (and step-by-step illustrations) for creating walkways, patios, edging, and of course all shapes and sizes of garden beds. Species of recommended plants and trees are given, as well as information as to what soil, light, and water conditions work best for all plants mentioned.

This book is useful not only in the very first stages of landscaping, but also in latter years, when other types of maintenance or treatments are needed.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Full of good ideas, March 9, 2007

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Notasmurf (Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mid-Atlantic Home Landscaping (Paperback)

This book is full of good ideas for improving the look of your yard. Plant lists are complete, directions are easy to follow. Illustrations are beautiful. I wish the authors would have put more emphasis on using native plants in their landscaping.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a bad book, May 3, 2009

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Josephine Mo "New gardener in MD" - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Mid-Atlantic Home Landscaping (Paperback)

It provides information on landscape design as well as different plants. I thought it was useful and well organized, but would like to see more on the care and maintenance of different plants.