TY  - BOOK
AU  - Filippi,Olivier
AU  - Harbouri,Caroline
TI  - Planting design for dry gardens: beautiful, resilient groundcovers for terraces, paved areas, gravel, and other alternatives to the lawn 
SN  - 9780993389207
PY  - 2016///
CY  - [London, England]
PB  - Filbert Press
KW  - Drought-tolerant plants
KW  - Succulent plants
KW  - Gardens
KW  - Design
KW  - Landscape gardening
KW  - Water conservation
N1  - Translation, from the French, of: Alternatives au gazon; Includes bibliographical references (page 231) and index; Lawns and groundcover plants -- The history of lawns and rise of alternatives. Groundcover plants in the wild ; Less water and low maintenance : the groundcover garden -- Groundcover gardens for dry climates. Lawns with warm-season groundcovers ; Green carpets : plants you can walk on ; Flowering carpets : a mixture of groundcover plats ; Mixed grassland "lawns" : the art of cultivating weeds ; Flowering steppes ; Gravel gardens ; Terraces, paths, and steps : the greening of stone surfaces ; Perennial and shrub groundcovers for large areas ; Pioneer plants for slopes and wild gardens ; Flowering meadows in dry climates -- Planting and maintaining the groundcover garden. Soil preparation ; Planting groundcovers ; Economizing on water ; Reducing maintenance ; Garden escapees : the problem in invasive plants -- A-Z of groundcover plants for dry gardens : a directory of 200 species and varieties
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