Plants of the Metroplex

Name: Plants of the Metroplex
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ISBN: 9780292728158

ISBN-10: 0292728158

ISBN-13: 9780292728158

Edition: 4th 1998 (Revised)

Authors: John Howard Garrett, Alex Burton

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Covering Texas and beyond, Plants of the Metroplex is the only Texas book available giving practical landscape advice from a landscape architect' point of view. Howard Garrett uses his years of experience as a gardener, landscape contractor, maintenance contractor, and landscape architect to give you clear-cut, money-saving advice on the proper selection, installation, and maintenance of landscape plant material for the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and beyond. Garrett also explains his organic approach, "The Natural Way," which gives gardeners greater success with lower costs and without the risks of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. All of this information has been revised and updated…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 1/1/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 96
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Foreword



Commitment To The Environment


Planting Design


Trees


Shrubs


Groundcovers


Vines


Herbs


Flowers


Grasses


Design Mistakes


Special Note


Landscape Installation


Soils


Soil Amendments


Mulches


Soil Preparation and Planting


Landscape Maintenance


Trees


Shrubs


Groundcovers and Vines


Annuals, Perennials, and Herbs


Grass


Organic Pest Remedies


Maintenance by the Calendar


Trees


Shrubs And ""Sort Of"" Shrubs


Groundcovers, Vines, Grasses, And Herbs


Flowers: Annuals, Pere