Description:
Southeast Home Landscaping, 4th Edition will show you inspiring ideas for making your home landscaping more attractive and functional. The 54 featured designs use more than 200 annuals, perennials, trees, and shrubs that thrive in the southeast region. Drought-resistant plants that are proven performers in the southeast region are also used in the landscape designs. Step-by-step instructions for landscape projects, such as paths, patios, ponds, and arbors, are also provided. Updates to this edition include an emphasis on the importance of native plants, identifications of invasive and banned plants, new information on the impact of climate change, new hardiness zone maps, and more.
Brief description:
Co-author Roger Holmes is the founding editor of Fine Gardening magazine. He co-edited the monumental Taylor's Master Guide to Gardening and other highly regarded gardening books, and produced the landscaping series of which this book is part. He also co-wrote Creative Homeowner's Creating Good Gardens.