Designer Plant Combinations: 105 Stunning Gardens Using Six Plants or Fewer

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Storey Publishing, Sep 3, 2008 - Gardening - 240 pages

Turn your backyard garden into a lush and colorful wonderland where every plant is presented to its fullest potential. Scott Calhoun provides more than 100 stunning garden designs that are adaptable to a range of climates, budgets, and space considerations. As you learn to use proven groupings and discover ways to make your garden glow throughout all seasons, you’re sure to find the right combination of flowers, grasses, and ground coverings to transform your property into a jaw-dropping display of color, texture, and fragrance.

 

Contents

Introduction
8
Partners
12
Grasses
64
Acquaintances
106
Associates
136
Groupies
176
Woodies
198
Designer Resources
228
Plant Resources
229
Public Gardens for Design Inspiration
230
USDA Hardiness Zone Map
231
Index
232
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About the author (2008)

Scott Calhoun is an award-winning author and garden designer based in Tucson, Arizona, where he lives with his wife and daughter. In his design practice, he incorporates cactus into every residential space and sees them as the plant family of the future—especially in arid parts of the world. Calhoun is the author of six gardening books. His work has earned an American Horticultural Society Book Award and a Garden Writers Association Silver Book Award. He writes a monthly garden column for Sunset magazine and has written for most national gardening magazines.

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