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.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: [London, England] Filbert Press, 2016Edition: English language edition copyright 2016 by Filbert PressDescription: 240 pages : illustrations ; 31 cmISBN: - 0993389201
- 9780993389207
- Alternatives au gazon. English
- SB431.7 F5513 2016
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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.