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Shut the first rule in creating a garden is to choose the right plant for the place. Now, this has renewed meaning as dwindling water supplies in all parts of the country are making our gardens hotter and drier. Indeed, crippling year-round shortages are increasingly common. But as Jane Taylor demonstrates, a combination of informed plant choices and proper planting tech niques will result in colorful, exciting gar dens throughout North America-gardens that are waterwise, require less maintenance, and suffer fewer pest and disease problems.
Taylor offers ideas for designing gardens that conserve water, from soil management to placing trees. She shows how to establish an appropriate, minimal watering regimen, and she offers detailed facts and observa tions on more than 1,000 plants for all regions of the country. Climbers, bulbs and grasses, trees and shrubs, palms and cycads, perennials and annuals, and of course succu lents are presented here, with hundreds of recommended varieties and cultivars. Full descriptions of their preferred growing con ditions make the selection of appropriate plants easy.
