Southeast Home Landscaping, 3rd Edition

by Roger Holmes, Rita Buchanan

Overview

Collection of 54 designs created by Southeastern landscape professionals, with over 200 region-specific plants and more than 450 color photos and drawings. States: AL, AR, FL,GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781607659099
Publisher:	Creative Homeowner Press
Publication date:	08/30/2010
Series:	Landscaping
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	250
Sales rank:	323,094
File size:	223 MB
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About the Author

Co-author Roger Holmes is the founding editor of Fine Gardening magazine. He co-edited the monumental Taylor's Master Guide to Gardening and other highly regarded gardening books, and produced the landscaping series of which this book is part. He also co-wrote Creative Homeowner's Creating Good Gardens.

Rita Buchanan is the coeditor and co-author of TAYLOR'S MASTER GUIDE TO GARDENING as well as many other books. A botanist, horticulturist, and passionate gardener and designer, she turned a featureless cow pasture into a glorious garden landscape surrounding her home. She resides in Connecticut.

Table of Contents

SOUTHEAST HOME LANDSCAPING

Table of Contents

About This BookAs Your Landscape Grows

PORTFOLIO OF DESIGNS54 Landscape degins for Southeastern home landscapes Some of the common "situations" that the designs address includeMaking a pleasant passage to the front doorDressing up a raised entryMixing classic symmetry and comfortable plants for a formal front entryMaking a back-door garden for a sheltered nicheBeautifying a boundary with easy-care plantsGiving a curbside strip a new lookCreating a two-tier garden to replace a bland slopeDressing up the family’s day-to-day entranceBeautifying a blank wall with a vertical gardenCreating a fragrant oasis in a corner of the backyardProviding privacy and pleasure with a patio gardenMaking a handsome water garden in a few weekendsCreating a planting with several attractive facesTransforming a steep site with a terraced planting to create a no-mow slopeReclaiming a narrow side yard for a shade gardenHarmonizing a deck with its surroundingsUsing an arbor and plantings to make a handsome entryMaking a formal garden for the backyardEnhancing poolside pleasuresMaking the most of a small lot with an entry garden
GUIDE TO INSTALLATIONOrganizing Your ProjectClearing the SiteMaking Paths and WalkwaysLaying a PatioInstalling a PondBuilding a Retaining WallBuilding Fences, Arbors, and TrellisesPreparing the Soil for PlantingBuying PlantsThe Planting ProcessPlanting BasicsBasic Landscape CareCaring for Woody PlantsCaring for PerennialsProblem Solving
PLANT PROFILESDescriptions of all the plants shown in the Portfolio of Designs, plus information on how to plant and care for them.

Glossary

Photo Credits

Index