A design-focused, easy-to-use guide to colorful, eye-catching foliage
and flowers for your whole yard, from the ground plane to the canopy,
for homeowners and landscapers faced with replacing thirsty gardens in
California and other dry regions in the Western US.
If readers must reluctantly remove water-guzzling favorites from the
garden, they need equally beautiful substitutes! This book is a visual
treat that supports the transition to dry gardening by proving that
gardeners can have all the gorgeous color and flowers they had in the
past using just a fraction of the water.
Maureen Gilmer provides chapters on design categories of
plants--flowering shrubs, the ground plain, eye-catching accents,
ephemeral flowers, perennials for color, animated plants and fine
textures, canopy, and edibles--with profiles for each plant plus
background info and top picks lists.
The Colorful Dry Garden is unique because it features only bold plants
that are also heavy bloomers despite heat and limited water. It also
features more than just Western native plants by including varieties
from the world's driest climates.