| Description |
224 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 218) and index. |
| Summary |
Mountains, deserts and coastlines are home to some of the most interesting plants in the world and a crevice garden with its closely packed rocks and free-draining soil media provides the perfect environment for them. This book offers in-depth guidance on the design, construction, and planting of crevice gardens of all kinds including those suitable for containers, small gardens and public parks and features over 250 recommended plants from easy-going succulents to discerning alpines. Kenton J. Seth began his career in public horticulture and the nursery trade and is now a garden designer who specializes in crevice gardens, drought-tolerant natives, and meadows. He writes for a variety of local, national and international magazines and lectures to rock garden clubs at home in Colorado and overseas. |
| Contents |
What is a crevice garden? -- Rocky places and their plants -- The history of crevice gardens -- How a crevice works -- Planning a crevice garden -- Soil and plants -- Building a crevice garden in 8 steps -- Living with a crevice garden -- Case studies -- Plant profiles. |
| Subject |
Rock gardens.
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Rock plants.
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Alpine gardens.
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Alpine garden plants.
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Mountain plants.
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Alpine garden plants. (OCoLC)fst00805989
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Alpine gardens. (OCoLC)fst00805991
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Mountain plants. (OCoLC)fst01028290
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Rock gardens. (OCoLC)fst01099175
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Rock plants. (OCoLC)fst01099265
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Added Author |
Spriggs, Paul, author.
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| ISBN |
9781739903909 (hardcover) |
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1739903900 (hardcover) |
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