Waterscaping: Plants and Ideas for Natural and Created Water Gardens

by Judy Glattstein

Overview

"Great resource for planning, constructing, planting, and maintaining water features."--Purdue University Department of Horticulture

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780882666068
Publisher:	Storey Books
Publication date:	01/05/1994
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	7.38(w) x 9.28(h) x 0.36(d)

About the Author

Judy Glattstein is a garden consultant and the author of several gardening books—Bulbs for Garden Habitats is her third book on bulbs—and numerous magazine and newspaper articles. She is a popular instructor at the New York Botanical Garden and the Cook College Office of Continuing Professional Education at Rutgers University and lectures widely both in the United States and abroad. An enthusiastic gardener, she finds less time available for her own garden in western New Jersey than she would like; nonetheless, the tens of thousands of bulbs she's planted return year after year whether or not she finishes all her garden chores.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Chapter 1 Natural Water Gardening

Chapter 2 Sunny Gardens with Moist Soil: Wet Meadows

Chapter 3 Sunny Gardens with Shallow Water: Marshes

Chapter 4 Shady Gardens with Moist Soil: Swamps

Chapter 5 Pools and Ponds

Chapter 6 Understanding Bogs and Their Garden Potential

Chapter 7 Water Gardens in Containers

Chapter 8 A Sampling of Water Gardens

Chapter 9 Planting and Caring for Water Gardens

Mail-Order Sources

Suggested Reading

Glossary

Index

Editorial Reviews

Distinguished from basic "how-to" books for people who want to design and install a pond (although these topics are covered), this is an information-packed reference to understanding the water characteristics of a piece of property--the subtle and profound characteristics of timing, amount, duration, and quality--and choosing plants in light of their habitat preferences and growth habits. The color photos are useful, but flat; the value of this reference does not lie in its visuals. Paper edition (unseen), $18.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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