Gardening in the Desert: A Guide to Plant Selection and Care
November 1, 2010 by admin
Filed under Gardening Books
Product Description
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. In this entertaining and informative guide, Mary Irish encourages readers who may be new to the desert--or desert dwellers who may be new to gardening--to stop struggling against heat, aridity, and poor soils an... More >>
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Barbara Hulett on Mon, 1st Nov 2010 5:22 pm
This is too early for me to review, because I would first, like to know if this book pertains to the Palm Springs desert. I would like to purchase it, if it does, for a Christmas gift for my son. Please answer me.
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Rating: 5 / 5
Marilyn Wong on Mon, 1st Nov 2010 5:36 pm
This is a very good reference book for selecting the type of plants I will need to landscape a desert setting.
Rating: 5 / 5
Ryan R. Ferguson on Mon, 1st Nov 2010 5:52 pm
Great info for the desert gardener, but if you want to know what the plants and cacti actually look like, the small black and white pictures just don’t cut it. Gardening is a visual discipline, pictures do speak a thousand words.
Rating: 2 / 5
Jennifer on Mon, 1st Nov 2010 6:33 pm
I read this book cover-to-cover, which wasn’t what I expected to do; I expected to use it more as a reference. However, it’s written so well and contains so much helpful advice that I found it easy to read straight through. I’m new at gardening, but I’m already making good use of the information in my own yard.
Rating: 4 / 5
David Lyman on Mon, 1st Nov 2010 7:42 pm
Excellent beginner’s guide to desert gardening. Not surprising, bias is to low desert where she lives. An expanded version to include intermediate and high desert would be welcome, but the priciples as laid out hold throughout the Southwest. Reads well.
Rating: 5 / 5