Water-wise GardeningSimply the definitive full-color reference to the horticulture of North America, AHS Encyclopedia of Plants & Flowers contains more than 8,000 plant references, 4,250 photographs, and practical advice on everything from cultivation and pests to plant selection and identification. |
Contents
SAVING WATER IN THE GARDEN | 7 |
IMPROVING SOIL AND SURFACES | 17 |
CHOOSING THE RIGHT PLANTS | 29 |
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3ft/1m tall alkaline soil Allium annual areas aromatic Asphodeline lutea biennial blue blue-green bright yellow climates clumps color compost containers Cortaderia selloana Crataegus daisy flowers deciduous decorative dense dripper drought drought-resistant dry conditions dry garden dry shade early autumn early summer Echinocactus grusonii effect Eryngium especially Euphorbia evaporation evergreen evergreen shrubs Festuca glauca fleshy flowerheads flowers appear flowers in late flowers in summer foliage forms fragrant genus grass gravel gardens gray gray-green leaves green leaves groundcover grow grown Halimiocistus hedge height late spring late summer lavender lawn midsummer moisture mound Nepeta organic matter pale perennial Phlomis russeliana pink flowers Portulaca grandiflora pots produced purple flowers reach RHODANTHEMUM rock gardens Rosa rugosa rosettes Salvia sclarea sandy soil Santolina seaside Sedum self-seed semi-evergreen Sempervivum sheet mulch shoots shrub silvery small tree soil mix spiny spreading stems surface taproot thyme tiny Verbena bonariensis white flowers windbreak winter yellow flowers