Southern Coastal Home Landscaping (Creative Homeowner) 38 Landscape Designs using Over 160 Plants Best Suited to the Salt Air of the AL, GA, FL, LA, MS, SC, & TX Coast, with 375 Photos & Illustrations
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Find inspiring ideas to make your coastal home landscape more attractive and functional!
- 38 beautiful designs created by landscape professionals specifically for the southern U.S. coast
- Over 160 plants picked for your region, with detailed descriptions and all you need to know to plant & maintain them
- Over 350 photos and illustrations to help envision your results
- Step-by-step instructions for building structures like paths, ponds, walls, fences, arbors, and trellises
- Creative solutions for front entries, foundation plantings, patios, steep slopes, and more
Southern Coastal Home Landscaping shows you how to beautify common landscape situations, such as front and back entries, walkways, borders, slopes, and patios.
The 38 featured design variations are created by landscape professionals from the area and incorporate more than 160 region-specific plants that thrive in the demanding coastal environment of salt air, high winds, and other unique challenges found on the southern coast.
Included are detailed instructions to install the paths, fences, walls, arbors, and trellises that make up the designs, concise information for gardening techniques, and easy-to-follow plans.
375 full-color photos and paintings are complemented by simple step-by-step instructions showing how to tackle each project. Plant descriptions explain planting and care, taking the uncertainty out of gardening.
Southern Coastal Home Landscaping includes plants and designs for Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas.
With the help of this book, your landscape will be in full bloom!
"This idea-filled book takes the guesswork out of landscaping so you can focus on the fun. Designs that work, great plants you can find, accurate instructions, and detailed drawings will help you succeed."
—Nancy Beaubaire, former Editor, Fine Gardening and Country Living Gardener
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