Texas Home Landscaping is an updated, expanded edition of Creative Homeowner's award-winning best seller on landscaping Texas-style. Readers will find inspiring ideas for making the home landscape more attractive and functional. The 54 featured designs are created by landscape professionals from the region and use more than 200 plants that thrive in the southeast. Detailed instructions for projects such as paths, patios, ponds, and arbors are also included. Over 450 full-color photos and paintings are complemented by easy, step-by-step instructions. The Lone Star state will be in full bloom with Texas Home Landscaping
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Texas Home Landscaping is an updated, expanded edition of Creative Homeowner's award-winning best-seller on landscaping Texas-style. Readers will find inspiring ideas for making the home landscape more attractive and functional. The 54 featured designs are created by landscape professionals from the region and use more than 200 plants that thrive in the southeast. Detailed instructions for projects such as paths, patios, ponds, and arbors are also included. Over 450 full-color photos and paintings are complemented by easy, step-by-step instructions. The Lone Star state will be in full bloom with Texas Home Landscaping.
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Texas Home Landscaping• Approximately 400 full-color photos and illustrations• 48 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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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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By Katherine Hudson "TX Gardening Grandma" (McKinney, TX USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Texas Home Landscaping (Paperback)
I was a little disappointed in this book. While it does have some really nice plans for new gardens it doesn't have enough emphasis on using native TX/OK plants. I've tried using some of the cultivars listed in the plans but they don't do as well as the mother plants so I hesitate to recommend this book to anyone but a newbie gardener who really wants their gardens to look like those in the book. Once you've been working in your own gardens a few years, I think you'll see the limitations of this book.
I do like the way the pictures show time progression from first planting to a few years down the road. I think this will help a lot of people avoid crowding their new plants too much and will give new gardeners something to look forward to as their landscape matures. I would suggest that unless you're a newbie gardener, skip this book and invest in one with focus on native TX plants that are much able to withstand TX summers and water restrictions.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Texas Home Landscaping,
This review is from: Texas Home Landscaping (Paperback)
New edition is a wealth of knowledge for each area of Texas. Sections on walkways and paths and sections on specific plants for your area are the best I've read.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Best landscape book for new home owners...,
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This review is from: Texas Home Landscaping (Paperback)
Having recently purchased my first home I picked up five different gardening books. I don't even know where the other four have gone, but now I have two of this one. It's a great guide which covers everything from plants that should thrive in the area (including care, size, and how to select), to various designs for commonly-found areas around your home.
It even covers various landscape construction projects such as fences, walks, and patios, and is well-written and illustrated throughout. [...]
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Of all the home-improvement projects homeowners tackle, few offer greater rewards than landscaping. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
plant profiles, gold columbine, star hibiscus, ground after the first frost, inland sea oats, dwarf pampas, autumn sage, red yucca, seasonal pruning, few pest problems, dwarf yaupon, evergreen shrub forms, trailing rosemary, mexican bush sage, leveling boards, precast pavers, cigar plant, fall aster, maiden grass, perennial forms, perennial spreads, mint marigold, umbrella sedge, seasonal care, bushy perennial Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Portfolio of Designs, Sunny Season, Summer Concept, Dwarf Mexican, Dwarf Japanese, Spring Concept, Shady Season, Compact Texas, Fall Concept, New Zealand, Low Wall, Cooperative Extension Service, Dwarf Burford, Basic Landscape Care, East Texas, No-Mow Slope, Mealycup Sage, Glossy Abelia, Black Mondo Grass, Holly Fern, Sasanqua Camellia Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Of all the home-improvement projects homeowners tackle, few offer greater rewards than landscaping. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
plant profiles, gold columbine, star hibiscus, ground after the first frost, inland sea oats, dwarf pampas, autumn sage, red yucca, seasonal pruning, few pest problems, dwarf yaupon, evergreen shrub forms, trailing rosemary, mexican bush sage, leveling boards, precast pavers, cigar plant, fall aster, maiden grass, perennial forms, perennial spreads, mint marigold, umbrella sedge, seasonal care, bushy perennial Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Portfolio of Designs, Sunny Season, Summer Concept, Dwarf Mexican, Dwarf Japanese, Spring Concept, Shady Season, Compact Texas, Fall Concept, New Zealand, Low Wall, Cooperative Extension Service, Dwarf Burford, Basic Landscape Care, East Texas, No-Mow Slope, Mealycup Sage, Glossy Abelia, Black Mondo Grass, Holly Fern, Sasanqua Camellia Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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