Plants for Dry Gardens

By Jane Taylor

Book Overview

This guide to choosing and caring for drought-tolerant plants includes information on drought-beating gardening techniques and designs, showing how to make gardens that should flourish during a water shortage.

The book discusses the range of climates and habitats in which drought arises, and explains the special strategies - such as light-reflecting silver leaves and storage organs such as tubers - that plants adopt to survive. It also looks at the techniques that can be applied to minimize water loss and help plants cope with dry conditions, and demonstrates a range of successful garden designs using drought-tolerant plants. A catalogue of 1000 plants that should flourish in drought conditions is included.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0711212228
• ISBN13: 9780711212220
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Frances Lincoln
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.4" x 0.6" x 7.6"