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Gardens of the Sun by Trevor Nottle (1996, Hardcover) 
Gardens of the Sun by Trevor Nottle (1996, Hardcover)

 
Gardens of the Sun by Trevor Nottle (1996, Hardcover)

Publisher: Workman Pub Co
Publication Date: 1996-10-01
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0881923656
ISBN-13: 9780881923650
Product ID: EPID234409
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Publication Date:1996-10-01

Size
Length:208 pages
Height:10.8 in
Width:7.8 in
Thickness:1.0 in
Weight:29.6 oz

Publisher's Note
Discovering fresh approaches and new perspectives to garden making calls for a conscious decision to move away from horticultural styles and fashionable plants that are not well suited to warm, dry climates. This is not such an easy matter for many gardeners to contemplate with confidence. Understanding the need for change and acting to step outside the conventional ideas of gardening excellence are two distinct things. Within the pages of Gardens of the Sun these matters are presented as challenges and opportunities for exciting, creative approaches to solving the "problems" of gardening in warm, dry climates. Historical garden styles from those developed in Spain and India by the Moors and Mughals to those developed in Renaissance Italy are surveyed, not so that they might be copied but so that we may develop some sense of what was valued about those gardens. The masterpieces of English flower gardening are considered from the same angle with the intention that we may understand why we cannot copy styles from other places and other climates and obtain happy, satisfying results. There are chapters on using water wisely, developing soils and coping with difficult sites, and discovering plants that flower and thrive in Mediterranean climates, and there are encouraging words on what to do when plans fail and enthusiasm flags. With excellent appendices on seeds, sources and societies and a wide ranging bibliography this book will give readers many avenues to explore in search of ideas to spark creative garden-making.

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What plants can tolerate three or more months of summer drought and extremes of winter rains? Nottle, who gardens in Australia, satisfactorily addresses this quandary familiar to Southern Californians and other gardeners in Mediterranean climates. He chides California gardeners who try to re-create thirsty English-style cottage gardens in their water-scarce state and then offers examples of gardening in such similar climates as South Africa, Australia and Spain to broaden American gardening philosophies and possibilities. Nottle emphasizes working with the climate and a terrain that may be a steep, rocky slope or sandy soil, described as "`hungry' and `lean,' which are positive-sounding terms for miserable and mean." Practical, inexpensive ideas for mulching and for maximizing meager soil deposits in rocky crevices abound, as do recommendations for creating garden interest with various plant textures and contrasts of light and shade. Individual plant recommendations, and 100 color photos, are laced throughout the text. Along with popular aloes, yuccas, agaves and euphorbias, Nottle expands plant suggestions into flowering perennials, vines, shrubs and even trees. Spritely prose, lively anecdotes and colorful bits of history add to the armchair pleasures of this valuable approach. Bibliography, lists of international plant societies and seed sources are included. (Oct.)
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