Home Landscaping : Texas

by Holmes, Roger; Grant, Greg

• ISBN13: 9781580111447
• ISBN10: 1580111440
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Creative Homeowner Pr

Summary

Home Landscaping: Texas is the latest edition in Creative Homeowner's best-selling Regional Home Landscaping series, providing easy, practical ideas to beautify outdoor environments. Starting with the 200 best plants that thrive in the region, landscape professionals from Texas created 46 outdoor design concepts. Included are easy-to-follow instructions to create the paths, fences, walls, and arbors included in the designs, as well as information on plant care and maintenance. Clearly written in a friendly style, Home Landscaping: Texas provides the insider advice to turn even a novice gardener into a landscape pro.

Author Biography

Greg Grant is Director of Propagation and Product Development for Naconiche Gardens Roger Holmes is the founding editor of Fine Gardening magazine

Table of Contents

About This Book	p. 8
Seasons in Your Landscape	p. 12
As Your Landscape Grows	p. 16
Portfolio of Designs
First Impressions: Make a pleasant passage to your front door	p. 20
A Foundation with Flair: Flowers and foliage create a front garden	p. 24
Up Front Informal: Turn a small front yard into a welcoming garden	p. 28
An Eye-Catching Corner: Beautify a boundary with easy-care plants	p. 32
Streetwise and Stylish: Give your curbside strip a new look	p. 36
Landscape a Low Wall: A two-tiered garden replaces a bland slope	p. 40
Beautify a Blank Wall: A vertical garden makes the most of a narrow site	p. 44
A Shady Hideaway: Build a cozy retreat in a corner of your yard	p. 48
An Outdoor "Living" Room: A patio and shady arbor provide open-air opportunities	p. 52
Splash Out: Make a handsome water garden in a few weekends	p. 56
Garden in the Round: Create a planting with several attractive faces	p. 60
A Beginning Border: Flowers and a fence make a carefree design	p. 64
A Woodland Link: Create a shrub border for nearby woods	p. 68
A No-Mow Slope: A terraced garden transforms a steep site	p. 72
Angle of Repose: Make a backdoor garden in a sheltered niche	p. 76
A Garden Path: Reclaim a narrow side yard for a stroll garden	p. 80
Down to Earth: Harmonize your deck with its surroundings	p. 84
Gateway Garden: Arbor, fence, and plantings make an inviting entry	p. 88
A Green Screen: Hide bins for refuse and recycling with a fence, foliage, and flowers	p. 92
Elegant Symmetry: Make a formal garden for your backyard	p. 96
Guide to Installation
Organizing Your Project: Introducing the tasks involved in a landscape installation. How to organize them for best results	p. 102
Clearing the Site: Removing turf, weeds, and other unwanted material	p. 104
Water for Your Plants: Water-wise practices. Watering systems	p. 106
Making Paths and Walkways: Choosing materials, preparing the base, installing edgings, laying the surface	p. 108
Laying a Patio: Employing the same materials and techniques as for walks and paths. Ensuring proper drainage	p. 114
Installing a Pond: Siting, excavating, installing a flexible liner or fiberglass shell. Growing pond plants	p. 116
Building a Retaining Wall: Laying out, excavating, and assembling a precast modular wall system and steps	p. 120
Fences, Arbors, and Trellises: Wood selection, layout, post setting, basic construction. Plans for building the fences, trellises, and arbors shown in the Portfolio of Designs	p. 124
Preparing the Soil for Planting: Digging and improving the soil. Edging for beds	p. 142
Buying Plants: Where to go, what to look for, how to get the best quality and price	p. 146
The Planting Process: When to plant, steps in the planting process, spacing. Annuals as fillers	p. 147
Planting Basics: Plants in containers, balled-and-burlapped plants, bare-root plants, ground covers, and bulbs	p. 149
Basic Landscape Care: Mulches and fertilizers. Controlling weeds. Watering	p. 151
Caring for Woody Plants: Basic pruning for trees, shrubs, vines, and roses. Making a hedge	p. 155
Caring for Perennials: Routine care, pruning, dividing	p. 160
Problem Solving: Understanding common problems with animal and insect pests and diseases. Winter damage	p. 162
Plant Profiles
Glossary	p. 200
Photo Credits	p. 202
Index	p. 202
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