Waterwise gardening
Subtitle: water, plants and climate : a practical guide
By: Ian Cooke
Publisher: New Holland
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781845379858
Subjects: Landscape gardening; Water conservation; Gardening; Xeriscaping; Drought-tolerant plants
Description: A guide for achieving and maintaining a garden with limited water supplies.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction -- Section one.; title: Waterwise fundamentals --; title: What's changing --; title: Water issues -- -- Section two.; title: The practicalities --; title: Soils and water conservation --; title: Cultural issues --; title: Intelligent irrigation -- -- Section three.; title: The aesthetics --; title: Planning the waterwise garden --; title: Plants for the dry garden --; title: Waterwise planting schemes -- -- Section four.; title: A-Z of waterwise plants --; title: Survivors and thrivers.