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This beautifully illustrated book will be considered the "Bible" for nursery professionals and home gardening enthusiasts for years to come. -- Tucson-Pima Public Library
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This is the definitive guide to landscaping in the Southwest. Co-author Warren Jones is responsible for introducing several now-common plants to Southwest landscape professionals and gardeners. This book includes plants with tremendous potential in arid regions but that have never been used in Southwest landscapes before.
This beautifully illustrated book will be considered the "Bible" for nursery professionals and home gardening enthusiasts for years to come. -- Tucson-Pima Public Library
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This is the definitive guide to landscaping in the Southwest. Co-author Warren Jones is responsible for introducing several now-common plants to Southwest landscape professionals and gardeners. This book includes plants with tremendous potential in arid regions but that have never been used in Southwest landscapes before.
Includes: Trees, Shrubs, Groundcovers, Vines, Cacti, and Succulents and how to use them for: Privacy, Shade, Shelter, Climate control, Erosion control, and Beauty.
Contents: An A-to-Z guide to the landscape potential of more than 600 plants that thrive in dry regions. Each plant is listed in a chart format that includes: Scientific name(s) Common name(s) Description Landscape value (how to maximize the plants best qualities in your landscape) Sun, soil and water requirements Cold hardiness Growth rate and size Specific problems Full-color photos that illustrate the plant full grown, as well as special features, such as bloom or leaf close-ups, or the different growth stages of the plant Professional and amateur landscapers, landscape architects, new-home buyers, college and university students, serious gardeners, landscape design and horticulture students, staffs of nurseries, arboretums and botanical gardens will all benefit from owning a copy of Landscape Plants for Dry Regions.
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Low zone. Plants sustain frost damage in intermediate-zone winters. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
most soils with good drainage, root zone every month, including reflected sun, needs water every week, including reflected heat, large background shrub, water every month, improved garden soil, space definer, eae family, vergreen tree, quite drought resistant, arge shrub, water every couple weeks, old bloom stalks, landscape value, dry bloom stalk, most desert soils, protected microclimates, vergreen shrub, soil with good drainage, buffer zone plantings, puffball flowers, root zone thoroughly, low zone Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New Mexico, Baia California, South Africa, South America, Baja California, Bala California, University of Arizona, West Indies, Soil Most, Central America, Soil Any, Old World, Middle Eastern, Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Canary Island, Mojave Desert, West Texas New!
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Low zone. Plants sustain frost damage in intermediate-zone winters. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
most soils with good drainage, root zone every month, including reflected sun, needs water every week, including reflected heat, large background shrub, water every month, improved garden soil, space definer, eae family, vergreen tree, quite drought resistant, arge shrub, water every couple weeks, old bloom stalks, landscape value, dry bloom stalk, most desert soils, protected microclimates, vergreen shrub, soil with good drainage, buffer zone plantings, puffball flowers, root zone thoroughly, low zone Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New Mexico, Baia California, South Africa, South America, Baja California, Bala California, University of Arizona, West Indies, Soil Most, Central America, Soil Any, Old World, Middle Eastern, Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Canary Island, Mojave Desert, West Texas New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- River Valley (People & Environments) by Robert Low on page 83
- Plants For Dry Climates: How To Select, Grow, And Enjoy, Revised Edition by Mary Rose Duffield in Front Matter
- Plants For Dry Climates: How To Select, Grow, And Enjoy, Revised Edition by Mary Rose Duffield in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Writer's Guide to Book Editors, Publishers, and Literary Agents: Who They Are! What They Want! and How to Win Them Over! (13th Edition) by Jeff Herman on page 219
- Writer's Guide to Book Editors, Publishers, and Literary Agents, 13th Edition (with CD-ROM): Who They Are! What They Want! And How to Win Them Over! by Jeff Herman on page 221
- Month-By-Month Gardening in the Desert Southwest by Mary Irish in Back Matter
- Native Trees for North American Landscapes by Guy Sternberg in Back Matter
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