| About This Book |
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| Seasons in Your Landscape |
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| As Your Landscape Grows |
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| Landscaping Landscaping in an Unpredictable Climate |
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22 | (4) |
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Mix classic symmetry and comfortable plants |
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Make the most of a small lot with an entry garden |
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Make a pleasant passage to your front door |
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Flowers and foliage dress up a raised entry |
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Give your curbside strip a new look |
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42 | (4) |
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Beautify a boundary with easy-care plants |
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46 | (4) |
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Make your daily mail run a perennial pleasure |
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50 | (4) |
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Two-tier garden replaces a short slope |
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54 | (4) |
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Arbor and plantings make a handsome entry |
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58 | (4) |
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Reclaim a narrow side yard for a shade garden |
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62 | (4) |
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Dress up the family's day-to-day entrance |
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66 | (4) |
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Make a back-door garden for a sheltered niche |
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70 | (4) |
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Harmonize your deck with its surroundings |
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74 | (4) |
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A vertical garden beautifies a blank wall |
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78 | (4) |
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Enhance your poolside pleasures |
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82 | (4) |
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A terraced planting transforms a steep site |
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86 | (4) |
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Showcase exotic foliage and flowers |
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90 | (4) |
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Flowers and a fence make a traditional design |
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94 | (4) |
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A freestanding patio offers open-air activities |
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98 | (4) |
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Create a planting with several attractive faces |
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Enclose a patio with foliage and flowers |
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Make a formal garden for the backyard |
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Create a fragrant oasis in a corner of your backyard |
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114 | (4) |
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Create a wooded retreat in your backyard |
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118 | (4) |
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Make a handsome water garden in a few weekends |
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122 | (4) |
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Create a cozy garden in a cool spot |
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126 | (4) |
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Shrub border borrows a backdrop from nature |
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Descriptions of all the plants shown in the Portfolio of Designs, plus information on how to plant and care for them |
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132 | (40) |
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172 | (60) |
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174 | (2) |
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Introducing the tasks involved in a landscape installation; how to organize them for best results |
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176 | (2) |
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Removing turf, weeds, and other unwanted material |
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Making Paths and Walkways |
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178 | (6) |
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Choosing materials, preparing the base, installing edgings, laying the surface |
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184 | (2) |
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Same materials and techniques as for paths and walkways; ensuring proper drainage |
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186 | (4) |
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Siting, excavating, installing a flexible liner or fiberglass shell; growing pond plants |
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Building a Retaining Wall |
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190 | (4) |
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Laying out, excavating, and assembling a precast modular wall system and steps |
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Fences, Arbors, and Trellises |
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Selecting wood, layout, setting posts, basic construction; plans for building the fences, arbors, and trellises shown in the Portfolio of Designs |
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Preparing the Soil for Planting |
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Digging and improving the soil; edging for beds |
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214 | (1) |
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Where to go, what to look for, how to get the best quality and price |
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215 | (2) |
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When to plant, steps in the planting process, spacing; annuals as fillers |
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217 | (2) |
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Plants in containers, balled-and-burlapped plants, bare-root plants, ground covers, and bulbs |
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219 | (4) |
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Mulches and fertilizers; controlling weeds; watering |
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223 | (5) |
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Basic pruning; training an espalier; making a hedge |
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228 | (2) |
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Routine care, pruning, dividing |
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230 | (2) |
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Understanding common problems with animal and insect pests and diseases; winter protection |
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| Glossary |
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232 | (2) |
| Index |
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234 | (6) |
| Credits |
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