New Complete Guide to Landscaping

New Complete Guide to Landscaping
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Publisher : Better Homes & Gardens Books
Total Pages : 408
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ISBN-10 : 9780696208508
ISBN-13 : 0696208504
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis New Complete Guide to Landscaping by : James D. Blume

Everything you need to know to create the perfect landscape. Loaded with dazzling ideas and clear step-by-step instructions, this book makes is easy to design, build, plant, and care for the landscape of your dreams. Illustrated throughout in full-colour.

The Complete Plant Selection Guide for Landscape Design

The Complete Plant Selection Guide for Landscape Design
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Publisher : Purdue University Press
Total Pages : 763
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ISBN-10 : 9781557535467
ISBN-13 : 1557535469
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis The Complete Plant Selection Guide for Landscape Design by : Marc C. Stoecklein

This book is a quick and easy-to-use reference guide for choosing plant material for landscape designs. This reference manual includes comprehensive lists with search criteria for each of the major plant groups, including trees, shrubs, groundcovers, perennials, vines, grasses, and ferns. These plant groups contain hundreds of specific species, varieties, and cultivars that are readily available in the marketplace from the major production nurseries. Landscape architects, designers, contractors, or anyone who designs with plants, can easily choose plants that will work on their site. The book is technical enough for the professional, yet simple enough to be used by the layperson. Both botanical and common names are used and an extensive amount of cultural and environmental information is presented. While many other books of this kind give only basic information such as sun/shade, height/width, there are so many as 30 specific categories for each plant group. The categories cover such important criteria as light and soil requirements, zone hardiness, height and width, pest and disease susceptibility, urban tolerance, and tolerance to salt and drought. The lists also include many criteria often overlooked such as growth rates, overall messiness, root systems, minimal fall clean up, maintenance levels, soil PH and landscape value/use, and many visual characteristics such as texture, foliage color and fall colors, bloom colors and seasons, shapes and forms, attractive bark and foliage and more. There is also a candid Pros & Cons section covering some realistic considerations for each of the plant species groups.

Growing the Southwest Garden

Growing the Southwest Garden
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Publisher : Timber Press
Total Pages : 317
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ISBN-10 : 9781604695212
ISBN-13 : 1604695218
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Growing the Southwest Garden by : Judith Phillips

Plant selection and garden style are deeply influenced by where we are gardening. To successfully grow a range of beautiful ornamental plants, every gardener has to know the specifics of the region’s climate, soil, and geography. Growing the Southwest Garden, by New Mexico-based garden designer Judith Phillips, is a practical and beautiful handbook for ornamental gardening in a region known for its low rainfall and high temperatures. With more than thirty years of experience gardening in the Southwest, Phillips has created an essential guide, featuring regionally specific advice on zones, microclimates, soil, pests, and maintenance. Profiles of the best plants for the region include complete information on growth and care.

Climate-Wise Landscaping

Climate-Wise Landscaping
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Publisher : New Society Publishers
Total Pages : 455
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ISBN-10 : 9781771422758
ISBN-13 : 1771422750
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis Climate-Wise Landscaping by : Sue Reed

What can we do, right now, in our own landscapes, to help solve climate change? Predictions about future effects of climate change range from mild to dire - but we're already seeing warmer winters, hotter summers, and more extreme storms. Proposed solutions often seem expensive and complex, and can leave us as individuals at a loss, wondering what, if anything, can be done. Sue Reed and Ginny Stibolt offer a rallying cry in response - instead of wringing our hands, let's roll up our sleeves. Based on decades of experience, this book is packed with simple, practical steps anyone can take to beautify any landscape or garden, while helping protect the planet and the species that call it home. Topics include: Working actively to shrink our carbon footprint through mindful landscaping and gardening Creating cleaner air and water Increasing physical comfort during hotter seasons Supporting birds, butterflies, pollinators, and other wildlife. This book is the ideal tool for homeowners, gardeners, and landscape professionals who want to be part of the solution to climate change. AWARDS GOLD | 2018 Nautilus Book Awards: Ecology & Environment

The Homeowner's Complete Tree & Shrub Handbook

The Homeowner's Complete Tree & Shrub Handbook
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Publisher : Storey Publishing
Total Pages : 408
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ISBN-10 : 1580175716
ISBN-13 : 9781580175715
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis The Homeowner's Complete Tree & Shrub Handbook by : Penelope O'Sullivan

A resource on selecting woody plants for the home landscape covers every aspect of choosing trees and shrubs, with profiles of each plant's hardiness, cultivation requirements, history, size, growth rate, availability, and special characteristics, as well as complete maintenance and care guidelines.

Plants and Planting on Landscape Sites

Plants and Planting on Landscape Sites
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Publisher : CABI
Total Pages : 172
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ISBN-10 : 9781780646183
ISBN-13 : 1780646186
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis Plants and Planting on Landscape Sites by : Peter Ralph Thoday

Landscape architects, design professionals and contractors alike require a good working knowledge of how to achieve plant establishment under a variety of conditions and situations. Overlooking the physiological needs of plants can lead to potential problems that can have negative financial and design impacts. Plants and Planting on Landscape Sites is a practical book giving practitioners in landscape design the essential horticultural knowledge and concepts needed to understand the limits of the material they are working with and make informed decisions. From specification to supervision, this book provides concrete advice along with practical examples for each stage of a typical project. It contains sections on: the landscape site; selecting, assessing and purchasing plants; understanding nursery practice; forms and types of transplant traded; seeds and direct seeding; pre-planting site work; transplanting; and care in the establishment phase. Specially commissioned high quality line diagrams and full colour photographs are used throughout to demonstrate meaning and give examples. Peter Thoday is an experienced consultant, international lecturer in landscape management, and past president of The Institute of Horticulture, who has had numerous roles in high-profile projects, such as Horticultural Director of the Eden Project. Written by an expert, this book is as an essential tool for landscape architects, project managers, contractors and nursery managers.

The Complete Guide to Landscape Design, Renovation and Maintenance

The Complete Guide to Landscape Design, Renovation and Maintenance
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Publisher : Betterway Books
Total Pages : 196
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ISBN-10 : CORNELL:31924063875417
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Rating : 4/5 (17 Downloads)

Synopsis The Complete Guide to Landscape Design, Renovation and Maintenance by : Cass Turnbull

Resource added for the Landscape Horticulture Technician program 100014.

Identification, Selection, and Use of Southern Plants for Landscape Design

Identification, Selection, and Use of Southern Plants for Landscape Design
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Publisher : Claitor's Law Books and Publishing
Total Pages : 734
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ISBN-10 : 9781598043174
ISBN-13 : 159804317X
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Synopsis Identification, Selection, and Use of Southern Plants for Landscape Design by : Neil G. Odenwald

Highlighting more than 1,000 plants--from trees and shrubs to vines and grasses--this updated edition of Odenwald and Turners guide keeps with a traditional emphasis on the practical use of plants to solve and prevent landscape design problems.

Trees, Shrubs & Hedges for Your Home

Trees, Shrubs & Hedges for Your Home
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1580115071
ISBN-13 : 9781580115070
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis Trees, Shrubs & Hedges for Your Home by : Editors of Creative Homeowner

Recommends plans for your climate and soil conditions, and explains how plantings enhance your outdoor living spaces.

Landscape Design Combinations

Landscape Design Combinations
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Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages : 150
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1542444535
ISBN-13 : 9781542444538
Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis Landscape Design Combinations by : Lee Miller

Lee Miller's newest publication, "Landscape Combinations" provides the necessary tools to help you easily plan your garden, while offering a multitude of design plans with labeled photographs and detailed descriptions. Topics such as landscape design principles, color in design, the use of foliage, designing with deciduous and evergreen plants, planter combinations and landscape planning are discussed. Additional topics include designing with hardscape, with "quick and easy" landscape designs and garden styles throughout history, with colorful illustrations. The information presented is applicable to both novice or professional gardener alike, and is all based on Lee Miller's personal experience as a landscape designer for over twenty years. Lee Miller is also the author of "A Guide to Northeastern Gardening: Journeys of a Garden Designer", initially published in 2015.