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9781591865766 English 159186576X Beautiful gardens are generally thought to be true labors of love, often demanding hours of tedious routine maintenance. Planting requirements can be daunting, and finding the time to successfully cultivate a home garden is a tall order for most of us-constant watering, debris removal, and tiresome pruning are not at the top of our wish lists. Luckily, it doesn't have to be this way: a carefully selected plant variety can give you all the enjoyment and curb appeal of a gorgeous, painstakingly tended garden with none of the wrist pain. Plant This Instead! tips you off to 75 lesser-known plant types that will thrive naturally in various microclimates, depending on where you live in the United States-featuring native and non-invasive plants, hardy alternatives to less sturdy species, new introductions, repeat bloomers, and other helpful varieties. Renowned garden designer and photographer Troy B. Marden offers clear-cut, side-by-side comparisons of these superior plant choices to the more common, fussier kinds. He incorporates original photography and identifies regionally appropriate selections, demonstrating which climates are friendly to which plants and ensuring that no matter your location, you'll be able to capitalize on his expert advice. Most importantly, Marden alerts you to some of gardening's most harmful misconceptions, explaining why you shouldn't copy professional landscapers and how placing a ten-dollar plant in the wrong place could cost you thousands of dollars. Planting a beautiful garden shouldn't be a chore-and with Plant This Instead ! , it won't be., Our landscape have, frankly become a little boring over the last few years. You wouldn't know it by looking at out gardens, but there's more to making plant selections than every day mums in the fall and run of the mill zinnias in the summer. New plants and cultivars are introduced constantly to offer alternative to tried and true plants that have become a little dull or in some cases, even invasive. Inside Plant This Instead! You will find exciting information on the latest and greatest plants that can elevate your garden from humdrum to exceptional, Check out these features. Discover the newest, prettiest, hardiest, longest blooming, most colorful most colorful most drought tolerant, least demanding, and best plants, including natives, that are available. Learn what you should plant and why it's better than the usual strip mall selections. Enjoy the stunning plant photography provided by author and garden guru Troy Marden. Before you plan your next garden, investigate all the amazing new options and dazzling alternative you'll relish reading about in Plant This Instead! Book jacket., This title tips you off to 75 lesser-known plant types that will give you a garden that is beautiful - and perhaps far lower-maintenance than one planted with common local selections - no matter where you live in the US.
9781591865766 English 159186576X Beautiful gardens are generally thought to be true labors of love, often demanding hours of tedious routine maintenance. Planting requirements can be daunting, and finding the time to successfully cultivate a home garden is a tall order for most of us-constant watering, debris removal, and tiresome pruning are not at the top of our wish lists. Luckily, it doesn't have to be this way: a carefully selected plant variety can give you all the enjoyment and curb appeal of a gorgeous, painstakingly tended garden with none of the wrist pain. Plant This Instead! tips you off to 75 lesser-known plant types that will thrive naturally in various microclimates, depending on where you live in the United States-featuring native and non-invasive plants, hardy alternatives to less sturdy species, new introductions, repeat bloomers, and other helpful varieties. Renowned garden designer and photographer Troy B. Marden offers clear-cut, side-by-side comparisons of these superior plant choices to the more common, fussier kinds. He incorporates original photography and identifies regionally appropriate selections, demonstrating which climates are friendly to which plants and ensuring that no matter your location, you'll be able to capitalize on his expert advice. Most importantly, Marden alerts you to some of gardening's most harmful misconceptions, explaining why you shouldn't copy professional landscapers and how placing a ten-dollar plant in the wrong place could cost you thousands of dollars. Planting a beautiful garden shouldn't be a chore-and with Plant This Instead ! , it won't be., Our landscape have, frankly become a little boring over the last few years. You wouldn't know it by looking at out gardens, but there's more to making plant selections than every day mums in the fall and run of the mill zinnias in the summer. New plants and cultivars are introduced constantly to offer alternative to tried and true plants that have become a little dull or in some cases, even invasive. Inside Plant This Instead! You will find exciting information on the latest and greatest plants that can elevate your garden from humdrum to exceptional, Check out these features. Discover the newest, prettiest, hardiest, longest blooming, most colorful most colorful most drought tolerant, least demanding, and best plants, including natives, that are available. Learn what you should plant and why it's better than the usual strip mall selections. Enjoy the stunning plant photography provided by author and garden guru Troy Marden. Before you plan your next garden, investigate all the amazing new options and dazzling alternative you'll relish reading about in Plant This Instead! Book jacket., This title tips you off to 75 lesser-known plant types that will give you a garden that is beautiful - and perhaps far lower-maintenance than one planted with common local selections - no matter where you live in the US.