This guide to choosing and caring for drought-tolerant plants includes information on drought-beating gardening techniques and designs, showing how to make gardens that should flourish during a water shortage.The book discusses the range of climates and habitats in which drought arises, and explains the special strategies – such as light-reflecting silver leaves and storage organs such as tubers – that plants adopt to survive. It also looks at the techniques that can be applied to minimize water loss and help plants cope with dry conditions, and demonstrates a range of successful garden designs using drought-tolerant plants. A catalogue of 1000 plants that should flourish in drought conditions is included.
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Drought is a relative term. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
occasional deep irrigation, flowers arc borne, moderate irrigation, greyish foliage, yellow pea flowers, long summer season, soft yellow flowers, clear yellow flowers, ripe cuttings, glaucous foliage, coastal gardens, cupped flowers, suckering shrub, cream flowers, small evergreen shrub, dry gardens, juvenile foliage, running roots, named cultivars, upright shrub, grey foliage, named selections, seed strains, bright pink flowers, large yellow flowers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, North America, New Zealand, South American, Asia Minor, British Isles, Costa del Sol, Mount Atlas, New World New!
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