Texas Home Landscaping, 3rd Edition: 48 Landscape Designs, 200+ Plants & Flowers Best Suited to the Region (Creative Homeowner) Gardening Ideas, Plans, and Outdoor DIY Projects for TX and OK - Softcover

Grant, Greg; Roger Holmes; Landscaping

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1580115136 ISBN 13: 9781580115131

Publisher: Creative Homeowner, 2011

Synopsis

Find inspiring ideas to make your Texas or Oklahoma home landscape more attractive and functional!

• 48 beautiful designs created by landscape professionals specifically for TX & OK
• Over 200 plants picked for your region, with detailed descriptions and all you need to know to plant & maintain them
• Nearly 400 photos and illustrations to help envision your results
• Step-by-step instructions for building structures like paths, ponds, walls, fences, arbors, and trellises
• Creative solutions for front entries, foundation plantings, patios, steep slopes, and more

Texas Home Landscaping, 3rd Edition is an updated, expanded edition of Creative Homeowner's award-winning book on landscaping Texas-style!

Inside, you'll find inspiring ideas for making your home landscape more attractive and functional. The 48 featured designs are created by landscape professionals from the region and use more than 200 region-specific plants that thrive in Texas and Oklahoma.

Included are detailed instructions for projects such as paths, patios, ponds, and arbors, concise information for gardening techniques, and easy-to-follow plans. Nearly 400 full-color photos and paintings are complemented by easy, step-by-step instructions that take the uncertainty out of gardening.

With Texas Home Landscaping, both the Lone Star State and the Sooner State will be in full bloom!

"This idea-filled book takes the guesswork out of landscaping so you can focus on the fun. Designs that work, great plants you can find, accurate instructions, and detailed drawings will help you succeed."
—Nancy Beaubaire, former Editor, Fine Gardening and Country Living Gardener

About this title

Book Description:

Texas Home Landscaping is an updated, expanded edition of Creative Homeowner's award-winning best-seller on landscaping Texas-style. Readers will find inspiring ideas for making the home landscape more attractive and functional. The 54 featured designs are created by landscape professionals from the region and use more than 200 plants that thrive in the southeast. Detailed instructions for projects such as paths, patios, ponds, and arbors are also included. Over 450 full-color photos and paintings are complemented by easy, step-by-step instructions. The Lone Star state will be in full bloom with Texas Home Landscaping.

From the Back Cover:

TEXAS HOME LANDSCAPING
INCLUDING OKLAHOMA

• 48 designs created by landscape professionals specifically for Texas and Oklahoma—offering creative solutions for front entries, patios, steep slopes, and much more
• Detailed descriptions of more than 200 plants picked for your region, plus all you need to know to plant and maintain them
• Step-by-step instructions for building structures, such as paths, patios, ponds, walls, fences, arbors, and trellises
• Nearly 400 color photos and illustrations

Praise for the Home Landscaping series
"...makes it too easy. Great Texas designers using proven Texas plants are just what the doctor ordered. If you can't make these plants work at your home, we can't help you!"
—Jerry M. Parsons, Ph.D., Professor and Extension Horticulturist for the Texas Cooperative Extension-Texas A&M University

"The Home Landscaping series takes the fear out of gardening by skillfully combining a wide range of attractive, dependable plants with clear, concise information on the techniques of gardening and easy-to-follow plans."
—Thomas Fischer, Executive Editor, Horticulture

About this edition

• Publisher: Creative Homeowner
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1580115136
• ISBN 13: 9781580115131
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 224