Tough Plants for California Gardens: Low Care, No Care, Tried and True Winners

by Felder Rushing

Book Overview

California has unique and varying growing conditions. This easy-to-use guide for California gardens gives you step-by-step instructions on selecting and growing for more than 150 low-maintenance... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591861896
• ISBN13: 9781591861898
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Cool Springs Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.4" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Tough Plants for California Gardens: Low Care, No Care, Tried and True Winners

Love the book! Great condition, timely delivery, great photos and info. Now if my garden could look as good!

great reference book

I use this book a lot. It is very well organized, has nice clear photos, and gives you the information you need in a straightforward manner. It's a great companion to Sunset's Western Garden book. This book gives you both the common and Latin names so it's easy to find them in Sunset where they are listed by Latin name but there is no cross-reference directory for the common names. The author's writing style is not dry like many gardening books and he doesn't take himself too seriously. I've planted many species that he recommending and they are all doing well.

New Ideas for SoCal Gardens

I received this book as a Christmas present. Very refreshing unstuffy style, for example the cell phone tower tree is pictured and given a latin name. I am an avid gardener but over the years you figure out you want non-fussy plants. Based on experience many of his suggestions are good ones so I am looking forward to trying out some of the other ones. Not the same old thing, he has many ideas that you may not have seen elsewhere. For more details about how big the plant will get and such refer to the Sunset Western Gardening book. I am looking to buy more books from this author. Apparently he is a southern gardener but you sure couldn't tell from this book, it was great!

Great read on easy plants!

As a "novice" gardener, and new owner of an old house with plenty of landscaping to improve on, I find this book an easy, enjoyable and inspiring read on low care, tough plants. Great photos, too.

A gardener with a sense of humor!

Intrigued by the title, I began reading this book and found myself laughing out loud with the author's descriptions. Though a good book for anyone with an interest in gardening, with its easy-to-follow instructions, beautiful pictures and recommendations, this is also a 'good read' for those of us who are already gardening addicts. I was glad to find someone else who couldn't pass up an intriguing plant even though we had absolutely no idea where we were going to put it. This is a book for the curious, the experimenter, and those who simply find joy in the garden. I loved the book, have already enjoyed reading the commentary over and over again...and, of course, will look for some of the recommendations I haven't heard of before. This would also make a great gift for any 'budding' gardener!