Sedums are most popular flowering succulent. They range from groundcovers to large border perennials and are often included in green roof and vertical garden design because of their visual interest and drought tolerance. Sedums changes dramatically with the seasons—in fall, they are rich and earthy while in summer their flowers come in vibrant shades of pink and yellow. The Plant Lover’s Guide to Sedums includes everything you need to know about these beautiful gems. Plant profiles highlight 150 of the best varieties to grow, with information on zones, plant size, soil and light needs, origin, and how they are used in the landscape. Additional information includes designing with sedums, understanding sedums, growing and propagating, where to buy them, and where to see them in public gardens.
Sedums are most popular flowering succulent. They range from groundcovers to large border perennials and are often included in green roof and vertical garden design because of their visual interest and drought tolerance. Sedums changes dramatically with the seasons—in fall, they are rich and earthy while in summer their flowers come in vibrant shades of pink and yellow. The Plant Lover’s Guide to Sedums includes everything you need to know about these beautiful gems. Plant profiles highlight 150 of the best varieties to grow, with information on zones, plant size, soil and light needs, origin, and how they are used in the landscape. Additional information includes designing with sedums, understanding sedums, growing and propagating, where to buy them, and where to see them in public gardens.
The Plant Lover's Guide to Sedums
232The Plant Lover's Guide to Sedums
232Related collections and offers
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781604693928 |
---|---|
Publisher: | Timber Press |
Publication date: | 04/22/2014 |
Series: | Plant Lover's Guides Series |
Pages: | 232 |
Sales rank: | 273,680 |
Product dimensions: | 8.31(w) x 9.31(h) x 0.75(d) |
About the Author
Customer Reviews
Explore More Items
In The Creative Shrub Garden, author Andy McIndoe calls on his years of horticultural design experience to shine light on all of the innovative ways to stylishly work shrubs into your landscape. This
Loved the world over for their unique beauty and lower maintenance requirements, this gift-able edition of Succulents shows you how to choose and take care of the ever-popular succulent.
Larry Weaner is an icon in the world of ecological landscape design—he has designed more than 200 meadows in his thirty years in the business and is the founder of the annual conference New
Small gardens are a challenge to design and to keep looking good. This title aims to inspire and inform gardeners to make the most of their small spaces by looking at more than 50 contemporary and
Quiet Beauty: Japanese Gardens of North America is an extraordinary look at the most beautiful and serene gardens of the United States and Canada. Most Japanese garden books look to the gardens
,
“Indispensable.” —The New York Times Book Review Piet Oudolf’s gardens—unique combinations of long-lived perennials and woody plants that are rich in texture and
Fleshy, spiny, hairy, flowering and coming in every imaginable
This gorgeous book gives the reader unparalleled access to the Ruth Bancroft Garden, an outstanding public garden in northern California. Packed with practical information on plant choice and design
Salvias are available in a huge range of sizes, colors, foliage, and hardiness, with over 900 species and hundreds of hybrids. Salvia’s popularity stems from how easy they are to grow, their