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Doug Welsh's Texas Garden Almanac (Month-by-Month Guide) (472 readers)

Contributed by amazon 21.01 2008 on 08:36:33 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Think of Doug Welshs Texas Garden Almanac as a giant monthly calendar for the entire state--a practical, information-packed, month-by-month guide for gardeners and yardeners. This book provides everything you need to know about flowers and garden design; trees, shrubs, and vines; lawns; vegetable, herb, and fruit gardening; and soil, mulch, water, pests, and plant care. It will help you to create beautiful, productive, healthy gardens and have fun doing it. ...

Landscaping with Native Plants of Southern California (1116 readers)

Contributed by amazon 12.02 2008 on 10:51:30 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

The best plants for the unique needs and resources of Southern California, with photos, maps, charts, and design samples, as well as advice on maintenance and conservation. ...

Eragrostis trichodes - Love Grass (1255 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.11 2007 on 12:23:30 Topic: Plants / Grass, Grasses Match on Article's text

Love Grass produces a heavy fibrous root system and spreads by seed and rooting at the nodes. It does especially well on sandy land, but can be used on heavier soil, also. It grows to a height of 2 to 4 feet tall. It can be found growing in the Great Plains from Illinois to Texas. It is a cold and drought tolerant perennial. ...

The Garden Lover's Guide to Houston (520 readers)

Contributed by amazon 21.01 2008 on 08:40:20 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

W. L. Moody Jr. Natural History | The Houston area offers an abundance of resources and activities for gardeners and garden lovers, if people only know where to look: Love roses? Go to the Garden Center in Hermann Park. Want fresh vegetables? Pay in advance for a weekly supply at Central City Co-op. Cant live without daffodils? Find twenty varieties at the Bulb and Plants Mart. ...

Native Trees of the Southeast (1177 readers)

Contributed by amazon 06.04 2007 on 10:04:31 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

The diversity of woody plants in the Southeast is unparalleled in North America. Native Trees of the Southeast is a practical, compact field guide for the identification of the more than 225 trees native to the region, from the Carolinas and eastern Tennessee south through Georgia into northern Florida and west through Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas into eastern Texas. ...

Chasing Wildflowers (488 readers)

Contributed by amazon 05.07 2007 on 14:56:24 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

What can possess a man to drive across state lines, mountain ranges, and international borders with little more than a ragged guide book, an old map, and a wild look in his eyes? Wild women? No, wild flowers ! Author Scott Calhoun invites you to join him on a rollicking adventure through Utah, Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, and into Sonora, Mexico. Along the way, learn how red chile on a white T-shirt can look like a gunshot wound, and how a man driving a VW Jetta with 100,000 ...

Hacienda Courtyards (2015 readers)

Contributed by amazon 09.11 2007 on 09:50:52 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Mexican Design Books | Explore the architectural elements and water havens that will inspire your own courtyard paradise. ...

Dirr's Trees and Shrubs for Warm Climates (852 readers)

Contributed by amazon 13.04 2007 on 08:44:05 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

An Illustrated Encyclopedia | Following the phenomenal success of Dirrs Hardy Trees and Shrubs, written for gardeners in the climates of USDA zones 3–6, this companion volume is a superlative photographic encyclopedia of trees, shrubs, and vines for warm temperate zones. In North America, these areas (zones 7–11) stretch from the Mid-Atlantic states to the South, include most of Texas and the Southwest, and encompass the entire West Coast, up to western Canada. Many parts of the British Isles, A ...