Landscape Plants for Subtropical Climates (Hardcover)

by Bijan Dehgan (Author)

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Product Description
With drawings of 500 plant species, this guide to plants for warmer climates describes cultivated ferns, cone-bearing plants and flowering ornamental plants suitable for US Department of Agriculture zones 8, 9 and 10. A glossary of common terms and scientific names is included.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 638 pages
• Publisher: University Press of Florida (September 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0813016274
• ISBN-13: 978-0813016276
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 7.2 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,669,192 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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46 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic resource for the subtropical Gulf Coast gardener!, October 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Landscape Plants for Subtropical Climates (Paperback)

This is the first book I have found which provides useful information about gardening on the Gulf of Mexico. I live on the Texas coast, Galveston Island to be exact, and the weather and climate here is truly special! Forget the "zone 9" stuff. This text provides information about plants which will survive--and thrive--here on a barrier island where many "normal" plants perish. "Salt tolerance" is listed for each plant as well, which is so helpful as I live two blocks from the Gulf. Thank you, thank you Mr. Dehgan for this book which has made such a difference for me. I don't buy plants anymore without checking here first! I believe this book is a "must" for coastal residents all along the Gulf.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice Reference, April 5, 2005

By	J. Whealton "Paratrewpr" (Central Florida, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Landscape Plants for Subtropical Climates (Paperback)

I bought this book as a requirement for a plant identification course (Dr Dehgan as an instructor). It contains information about every plant you could want for landscaping a tropical yard. As a reviewer stated earlier though, it contains only line art so it isn't really very visually impressive. For a gardener (or hobbyist) who already has an idea what plants he wants for a landscape and isn't trying to decide by looking at pictures I suspect this would be a great reference because it typically contains a full page of specs for each plant it lists. If all this information was converted to a database and made searchable by plant feature, what a wonder it would be. For the average layperson though (i.e. me), I think it has limited usefulness as a stand alone reference and is best combined with a nice pictorial guide. If this book had color plates it would hands down be a 5 star rating. Even at a lower rating than what I scored it, it would still be a great value and a worthwhile addition to your library for the modest price.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Books That Deliver What the Title States/Implies, March 12, 2006

By	J. Shannon "Reader Dude" (South Florida) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Landscape Plants for Subtropical Climates (Paperback)

Dr Dehgan's book is about as complete a guide as one can find for the state of Florida. It is extremely well organized combining the most useful information concerning a hugh variety of plants with a very intuitive format.