Planting design for dry gardens : beautiful, resilient groundcovers for terraces, paved areas, gravel, and other alternatives to the lawn /
Filippi, Olivier,
Planting design for dry gardens : beautiful, resilient groundcovers for terraces, paved areas, gravel, and other alternatives to the lawn / Olivier Filippi ; translated by Caroline Harbouri. - English language edition copyright 2016 by Filbert Press, - 240 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm.
Translation, from the French, of: Alternatives au gazon.
Includes bibliographical references (page 231) and index.
Lawns and groundcover plants -- The history of lawns and rise of alternatives. Groundcover plants in the wild ; Less water and low maintenance : the groundcover garden -- Groundcover gardens for dry climates. Lawns with warm-season groundcovers ; Green carpets : plants you can walk on ; Flowering carpets : a mixture of groundcover plats ; Mixed grassland "lawns" : the art of cultivating weeds ; Flowering steppes ; Gravel gardens ; Terraces, paths, and steps : the greening of stone surfaces ; Perennial and shrub groundcovers for large areas ; Pioneer plants for slopes and wild gardens ; Flowering meadows in dry climates -- Planting and maintaining the groundcover garden. Soil preparation ; Planting groundcovers ; Economizing on water ; Reducing maintenance ; Garden escapees : the problem in invasive plants -- A-Z of groundcover plants for dry gardens : a directory of 200 species and varieties.
0993389201 £35.00 9780993389207 £35.00
Drought-tolerant plants.
Succulent plants.
Gardens--Design.
Mediterranean climate.
Landscape gardening--Water conservation.
Drought-tolerant plants.
Succulent plants.
Gardens--Design.
Landscape gardening--Water conservation.
SB431.7 / F5513 2016
Planting design for dry gardens : beautiful, resilient groundcovers for terraces, paved areas, gravel, and other alternatives to the lawn / Olivier Filippi ; translated by Caroline Harbouri. - English language edition copyright 2016 by Filbert Press, - 240 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm.
Translation, from the French, of: Alternatives au gazon.
Includes bibliographical references (page 231) and index.
Lawns and groundcover plants -- The history of lawns and rise of alternatives. Groundcover plants in the wild ; Less water and low maintenance : the groundcover garden -- Groundcover gardens for dry climates. Lawns with warm-season groundcovers ; Green carpets : plants you can walk on ; Flowering carpets : a mixture of groundcover plats ; Mixed grassland "lawns" : the art of cultivating weeds ; Flowering steppes ; Gravel gardens ; Terraces, paths, and steps : the greening of stone surfaces ; Perennial and shrub groundcovers for large areas ; Pioneer plants for slopes and wild gardens ; Flowering meadows in dry climates -- Planting and maintaining the groundcover garden. Soil preparation ; Planting groundcovers ; Economizing on water ; Reducing maintenance ; Garden escapees : the problem in invasive plants -- A-Z of groundcover plants for dry gardens : a directory of 200 species and varieties.
0993389201 £35.00 9780993389207 £35.00
Drought-tolerant plants.
Succulent plants.
Gardens--Design.
Mediterranean climate.
Landscape gardening--Water conservation.
Drought-tolerant plants.
Succulent plants.
Gardens--Design.
Landscape gardening--Water conservation.
SB431.7 / F5513 2016