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Gardening in the Desert: A Guide to Plant Selection and Care by Mary Irish click to enlarge

Gardening in the Desert: A Guide to Plant Selection and Care

Mary Irish
Newcomers to the Southwest usually find that their favorite landscape plants aren't suited to the hot, dry climate. Many books offer advice on adapting plants to the desert; this one tells how gardeners can better adapt themselves to the challenge.

In this entertaining and informative guide, Mary Irish encourages readers who may be new to the desert--or desert dwellers who may be new to gardening--to stop struggling against heat, aridity, and poor soils and instead learn to use and appreciate the wonderful and well-adapted plants native to the desert. She shares information and anecdotes about trees, shrubs, perennials, agaves, cacti, and other plants that make gardening in the Southwest a unique experience, and provides further information about plants from other desert regions that will easily adapt to the Southwest. In addition to descriptions of plants, Irish also offers tips on planting, watering, pruning, and propagation.

Paperback: 175 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.49 x 9.06 x 6.04

Publisher: University of Arizona Press; (September 1, 2000)
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