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9780816520572

Gardening in the Desert

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  • ISBN13:

    9780816520572

  • ISBN10:

    0816520577

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-09-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Arizona Pr
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Summary

Newcomers to the Southwest usually find that their favorite landscape plants aren't suited to the hot, dry climate. Many books offer advice on adapting plants to the desert; this one tells how gardeners can better adapt themselves to the challenge.

Author Biography

Mary F. Irish is a garden writer, speaker, and consultant in desert horticulture in Scottsdale, Arizona. She was Director of Public Horticulture for the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix for eleven years and is the author of Agaves, Yuccas and Related Plants with her husband, Gary

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Conditions of Desert Gardening
3(10)
Trees
13(24)
Desert Palms
37(6)
Shrubs
43(28)
Perennials
71(30)
Wildflowers and Other Annuals
101(12)
Vines
113(4)
Cacti
117(22)
Agaves
139(16)
Other Succulents
155(6)
Distinctive Desert Plants
161(8)
Index 169

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