California Home Landscaping
Make a Californian home landscape more attractive and functional with California Home Landscaping. Like the other titles in this series, this book contains three parts: Design Portfolio, Guide to Installations, and Plant Portraits. In the "Design Portfolio" section, readers will find 48 designs created by landscape professionals in California. "Guide to Installations" explains how to install the plants, paths, patios, and arbors used in the designs. More than 200 of the best plants for the...
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California Home Landscaping • Approximately 400 full-color photos and illustrations • 48 designs covering the most common situations, such as front entries, foundation plantings, patios, and steep slopes. • Detailed descriptions of more than 200 plants that will grow well in your region, plus all you need to know to select, plant, and care for them. • Step-by-step instructions for building structures, such as paths, patios, ponds, walls, fences, arbors, and trellises. Library Journal Your yard is a blank canvas just waiting for inventive design and plantings. Enter Holmes (founding editor, Fine Gardening magazine), horticultural consultant and photographer Buchanan (A Weaver's Garden), and Walheim (Citrus), who offer a succession of possible landscaping designs in this neat and polished series. Simple projects such as fencing, arbors, and pathways are logically and clearly illustrated. Each volume is broken down into three parts-"Design Portfolio," "Guide to Installations," and "Plant Portraits"-and each features approximately 50 designs, 200 plants, and 430 photos and paintings. Selection and seasonal care are individualized for the region. These lovely volumes are revisions, with first editions published between 1998 and 2001. Highly recommended but purchase according to your location. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
California Home Landscaping Table of Contents About This Book 8 As Your Landscape Grows 12 PORTFOLIO OF DESIGNS First Impressions 16 • Make a pleasant passage to your front door A Foundation with Flair 20 • Flowers and foliage create a front garden Up Front and Formal 24 • Garden geometry transforms a small front yard An Eye-Catching Corner 28 • Beautify a boundary with easy-care plants Streetwise and Stylish 32 • Give your curbside strip a new look Landscape a Low Wall 36 • A two-tier garden and patio replace a bland slope Beautify a Blank Wall 40 • A vertical garden makes the most of a narrow site A Shady Hideaway 44 • Build a cozy retreat in a corner of your yard An Outdoor “Living” Room 48 • Patio and shady arbor provide open-air opportunities Splash Out 52 • Make a water garden the focus of outdoor activities Garden in the Round 56 • Create a planting with several attractive faces A Beginning Border 60 • Flowers and a wall make a traditional design Back to Nature 64 • Create a wooded retreat in your backyard A No-Mow Slope 68 • A terraced planting transforms a steep site Under the Old Shade Tree 72 • Create a cozy garden in a cool spot A Pleasant Passage 76 • Reclaim a narrow side yard for a stroll garden Down to Earth 80 • Harmonize your deck with its surroundings Gateway Garden 84 • Arbor, fence, and plantings make a handsome entry Front-Door Makeover 88 • Enhance your main entry in a weekend An Island Retreat 92 • Create a freestanding patio garden An Entry Oasis 96 • Extend a friendly desert welcome Backyard Makeover 100 • Getting a lot out of a small, frost-free lot Poolside Pleasures 104 • Plantings to enhance your swimming pool Planting in the Pines 108 • Surround your woodland deck with flowering shrubs GUIDE TO INSTALLATION Organizing Your Project 114 • Introducing the tasks involved in a landscape installation. How to organize them for best results. Clearing the Site 116 • Removing turf, weeds, and other unwanted material. Water for Your Plants 118 • Water-wise practices. Watering systems. Making Paths and Walkways 120 • Choosing materials, preparing the base, installing edgings, laying the surface. Laying a Patio 126 • Employing the same materials and techniques as for walks and paths. Ensuring proper drainage. Installing a Pond 128 • Siting, excavating, installing a flexible liner or fiberglass shell. Growing pond plants. Building a Retaining Wall 132 • Laying out, excavating, and assembling a precast modular wall system and steps. Fences, Arbors, and Trellises 136 • Wood selection, layout, post setting, basic construction. Plans for building the fences, trellises, and arbors shown in the Portfolio of Designs. Preparing the Soil for Planting 148 • Digging and improving the soil. Edging for beds. Buying Plants 152 • Where to go, what to look for, how to get the best quality and price. The Planting Process 153 • When to plant, steps in the planting process, spacing. Annuals as fillers. Planting Basics 155 • Plants in containers, balled-and-burlapped plants, bare-root plants, ground covers, and bulbs. Basic Landscape Care 157 • Mulches and fertilizers. Controlling weeds. Watering. Caring for Woody Plants 161 • Basic pruning for trees, shrubs, vines, and roses. Making a hedge. Caring for Perennials 166 • Routine care, pruning, dividing. Problem Solving 168 • Understanding common problems with animal and insect pests and diseases. Winter damage. PLANT PROFILES Descriptions of all the plants shown in the Portfolio of Designs, plus information on how to plant and care for them. 172 Glossary 214 Photo Credits 216 Index 217
\ Library JournalYour yard is a blank canvas just waiting for inventive design and plantings. Enter Holmes (founding editor, Fine Gardening magazine), horticultural consultant and photographer Buchanan (A Weaver's Garden), and Walheim (Citrus), who offer a succession of possible landscaping designs in this neat and polished series. Simple projects such as fencing, arbors, and pathways are logically and clearly illustrated. Each volume is broken down into three parts-"Design Portfolio," "Guide to Installations," and "Plant Portraits"-and each features approximately 50 designs, 200 plants, and 430 photos and paintings. Selection and seasonal care are individualized for the region. These lovely volumes are revisions, with first editions published between 1998 and 2001. Highly recommended but purchase according to your location. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.\ \
