TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gilmer,Maureen
TI  - The colorful dry garden: over 100 flowers and vibrant plants for drought, desert & dry times 
SN  - 9781632170637
AV  - SB439.8 .G55 2018
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Seattle, WA
PB  - Sasquatch Books
KW  - Drought-tolerant plants
KW  - Horticulture
KW  - Arid regions
N1  - Includes index; Guidelines for transition to an arid palette -- Your microclimate: regional differences and climatic limitations -- Water reconsidered: new ways to water -- Structure: flowering shrubs -- The ground plain -- Eye-catching accents -- Ephemeral flowers for seasonal color -- Perennial color and hue -- Animated plants and fine textures -- The canopy -- Dry and edible
N2  - "A design-focused, easy-to-use guide for homeowners and landscapers faced with replacing thirsty gardens in California and other dry regions in the Western US, with an emphasis on colorful, eye-catching foliage and flowers for your whole yard, from the ground plain to the canopy. Includes guidelines on transition to an arid garden, climate info, water use info, and chapters on design categories of plants with profiles for each plant plus background info and top picks lists: flowering shrubs, the ground plain, eye-catching accents, ephemeral flowers, perennials for color, animated plants and fine textures, canopy, and edibles. What makes this book unique is that it features only bold plants that are also heavy bloomers despite heat and limited water. It also utilizes more than just Western natives by drawing from the world's driest climates. This book is a visual treat that supports this transition to dry gardening by proving through beautiful photography that gardeners can have all the gorgeous color and flowers they had in the past using just a fraction of the water."--
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