The colorful dry garden : over 100 flowers and vibrant plants for drought, desert & dry times / Maureen Gilmer.

By:

Gilmer, Maureen

Material type: Text

9781632170637 (paperback)
1632170639 (paperback)

Other title:

Colourful dry garden

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

635.9/525 23

Contents:

Guidelines for transition to an arid palette -- Your microclimate: regional differences and climatic limitations -- Water reconsidered: new ways to water -- Structure: flowering shrubs -- The ground plain -- Eye-catching accents -- Ephemeral flowers for seasonal color -- Perennial color and hue -- Animated plants and fine textures -- The canopy -- Dry and edible.

Summary: If readers must reluctantly remove water-guzzling favourites from the garden, they need equally beautiful substitutes! This book is a visual treat that supports the transition to dry gardening by proving that gardeners can have all the gorgeous colour and flowers they had in the past using just a fraction of the water. Maureen Gilmer provides chapters on design categories of plants-flowering shrubs, the ground plain, eye-catching accents, ephemeral flowers, perennials for colour, animated plants and fine textures, canopy, and edibles-with profiles for each plant plus background info and top picks lists. The Colorful Dry Garden is unique because it features only bold plants that are also heavy bloomers despite heat and limited water. It also features more than just Western native plants by including varieties from the world's driest climates.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	State Botanical Collection	RBG	635.9525 COL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Issued	27/07/2021	RBG00023928

Includes index.

If readers must reluctantly remove water-guzzling favourites from the garden, they need equally beautiful substitutes! This book is a visual treat that supports the transition to dry gardening by proving that gardeners can have all the gorgeous colour and flowers they had in the past using just a fraction of the water. Maureen Gilmer provides chapters on design categories of plants-flowering shrubs, the ground plain, eye-catching accents, ephemeral flowers, perennials for colour, animated plants and fine textures, canopy, and edibles-with profiles for each plant plus background info and top picks lists. The Colorful Dry Garden is unique because it features only bold plants that are also heavy bloomers despite heat and limited water. It also features more than just Western native plants by including varieties from the world's driest climates.