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    California Home Landscaping, 3rd edition

    by Roger Holmes, Lance Walheim

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    Roger Holmes is the founding editor of Fine Gardening magazine. He co-edited the monumental Taylor's Master Guide to Gardening and other highly regarded gardening books,and produced the seven-book regional landscaping series of which this book is part.

    Lance Walheim lives in California and has authored or contributed to more than 30 gardening books, including Lawns for Dummies, Roses for Dummies, The Natural Rose Gardener, and Citrus. He has also been a staff editor at Sunset magazine.

    Table of Contents

    California Home Landscaping

    Table of Contents About This BookAs Your Landscape Grows

    PORTFOLIO OF DESIGNS
    First Impressions• Make a pleasant passage to your front door

    A Foundation with Flair• Flowers and foliage create a front garden

    Up Front and Formal• Garden geometry transforms a small front yard

    An Eye-Catching Corner• Beautify a boundary with easy-care plants

    Streetwise and Stylish• Give your curbside strip a new look

    Landscape a Low Wall• A two-tier garden and patio replace a bland slope

    Beautify a Blank Wall• A vertical garden makes the most of a narrow site

    A Shady Hideaway• Build a cozy retreat in a corner of your yard

    An Outdoor “Living” Room• Patio and shady arbor provide open-air opportunities

    Splash Out• Make a water garden the focus of outdoor activities

    Garden in the Round• Create a planting with several attractive faces

    A Beginning Border• Flowers and a wall make a traditional design

    Back to Nature• Create a wooded retreat in your backyard
    A No-Mow Slope• A terraced planting transforms a steep site

    Under the Old Shade Tree• Create a cozy garden in a cool spot

    A Pleasant Passage• Reclaim a narrow side yard for a stroll garden

    Down to Eart• Harmonize your deck with its surroundings

    Gateway Garden• Arbor, fence, and plantings make a handsome entry

    Front-Door Makeover• Enhance your main entry in a weekend

    An Island Retreat• Create a freestanding patio garden

    An Entry Oasis• Extend a friendly desert welcome

    Backyard Makeover• Getting a lot out of a small, frost-free lot

    Poolside Pleasure• Plantings to enhance your swimming pool

    Planting in the Pines• Surround your woodland deck with flowering shrubs

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION
    Organizing Your Project• Introducing the tasks involved in a landscape installation. How to organize them for best results.

    Clearing the Site• Removing turf, weeds, and other unwanted material.

    Water for Your Plants• Water-wise practices. Watering systems.

    Making Paths and Walkways• Choosing materials, preparing the base, installing edgings, laying the surface.
    Laying a Patio• Employing the same materials and techniques as for walks and paths. Ensuring proper drainage.

    Installing a Pond• Siting, excavating, installing a flexible liner or fiberglass shell. Growing pond plants.

    Building a Retaining Wall• Laying out, excavating, and assembling a precast modular wall system and steps.

    Fences, Arbors, and Trellises• 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• Digging and improving the soil. Edging for beds.

    Buying Plants• Where to go, what to look for, how to get the best quality and price.

    The Planting Process• When to plant, steps in the planting process, spacing. Annuals as fillers.

    Planting Basics• Plants in containers, balled-and-burlapped plants, bare-root plants, ground covers, and bulbs.

    Basic Landscape Care• Mulches and fertilizers. Controlling weeds. Watering.

    Caring for Woody Plants• Basic pruning for trees, shrubs, vines, and roses. Making a hedge.

    Caring for Perennials• Routine care, pruning, dividing.

    Problem Solving• 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.

    Glossary

    Photo Credits

    Index

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    Make a Californian home landscape more attractive and functional with California Home Landscaping, third edition. 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 region are fully described in "Plant Portraits." Clearly written in a friendly style and with 450 color photographs and paintings, California Home Landscaping, third edition,provides everything Californians need to know to landscape like a pro.

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    Home & Garden
    Gardening
    Regional Gardening
    Landscape Gardening
    Pacific Region - Gardening
    Landscape gardening->California
    The third edition of a homeowner and critic approved home landscaping classic. California Home Landscaping introduces 48 professionally developed designs that use more than 200 plants indigenous the state. Detailed, step-by-step instructions are supplemented by over 470 full-color photographs and paintings. The projects utilize structures including lawns, gardens, paths, patios, ponds, walls, fences, arbors, and trellises. (Hand-selling tip: Both authors have excellent authorship credentials and Roger Holmes is the founding editor of Fine Gardening magazine.)
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    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.
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