Shade and Color with Water-Conserving Plants

by James Walter and James E. Walters

Persistent drought conditions in many areas have focused attention on the need for less wasteful landscaping practices. Too often, however, people think of water-efficient landscapes as being boring and unattractive. In this book, co-authors Jim Walters and Balbir Backhaus present more than 300 arid-adapted plants that will bring dramatic color, beauty, and cooling shade to low-maintenance, water-thrifty landscapes --- putting an end to the myth that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881922145
• ISBN13: 9780881922141
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.8" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

A terrific guide to plants of the southwest's arid climate.

Shade and Color is the only book I have found on the market that offers such an update guide to arid-climate plants. The pictures are well done and plentiful. The majority of the book consists of "Individual Plant Descriptions" -- amazingly comprehensive. The authors have even taken the time and forethought to classify whether or not your plant will do well in not only one but also several desert elevations. Every important landscape detail is accounted for each type of desert plant. You will know ahead of time the height, width, flower color, and watering needs of each plant.Anyone living in the Southwest and California that wants to be successful at landscaping needs this book in his/her library. This enlarged text is also an essential reference book for landscapers and landscape maintenance companies.