About the book
In this gardening guide for the South, Roxann Ward shows how color provides one of the easiest and most impressive ways to shape a garden with intense eye appeal. The book is built around ten original design templates—“Ode to the Camellia,” “A Spring Kitchen Garden to Delight the Senses,” “A Carefree Border with Summer-Blooming Bulbs,” to name a few. Each template provides detailed instructions for a trouble-free start while offering plenty of room to adapt designs in ways you might not have before imagined. With Ward’s signature approach to plantings of annual flowers layered with bulbs, perennials, woody ornamentals, and fruiting shrubs, you will soon be combining beloved southern plants with new plant varieties to create lively, long-lasting color displays.
*Provides 10 beautiful and flexible templates to get you started
*Features gardens with uniquely southern looks that will thrive in USDA zones 6b-8b, including 15 southern states
*Useful for both beginning and experienced gardeners, as well as for commercial landscapers
*Highlights organic practices and solutions
*Gives step-by-step instructions for choosing locations, preparing soil and garden beds, selecting the best plants, designing, landscaping, sustaining your garden through the seasons, and much more
*Richly illustrated with photographs, plant lists, and other resources
Editions of Color-Rich Gardening for the South
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781469661766
- EBook
- ISBN 9781469661773
- PDF
- ISBN 9798890859655
Read an Excerpt
In this gardening guide for the South, Roxann Ward shows how color provides one of the easiest and most impressive ways to shape a garden with intense eye appeal. The book is built around ten original design templates—“Ode to the Camellia,” “A Spring Kitchen Garden to Delight the Senses,” “A Carefree Border with Summer-Blooming Bulbs,” to name a few. Each template provides detailed instructions for a trouble-free start while offering plenty of room to adapt designs in ways you might not have before imagined. With Ward’s signature approach to plantings of annual flowers layered with bulbs, perennials, woody ornamentals, and fruiting shrubs, you will soon be combining beloved southern plants with new plant varieties to create lively, long-lasting color displays.
*Provides 10 beautiful and flexible templates to get you started
*Features gardens with uniquely southern looks that will thrive in USDA zones 6b-8b, including 15 southern states
*Useful for both beginning and experienced gardeners, as well as for commercial landscapers
*Highlights organic practices and solutions
*Gives step-by-step instructions for choosing locations, preparing soil and garden beds, selecting the best plants, designing, landscaping, sustaining your garden through the seasons, and much more
*Richly illustrated with photographs, plant lists, and other resources
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Color-Rich Gardening for the South about?
In this gardening guide for the South, Roxann Ward shows how color provides one of the easiest and most impressive ways to shape a garden with intense eye appeal. The book is built around ten original design templates—“Ode to the Camellia,” “A Spring Kitchen Garden to Delight the Senses,” “A Carefree Border with Summer-Blooming Bulbs,” to name a few. Each template provides detailed instructions for a trouble-free start while offering plenty of room to adapt designs in ways you might not have before imagined. With Ward’s signature approach to plantings of annual flowers layered with bulbs, perennials, woody ornamentals, and fruiting shrubs, you will soon be combining beloved southern plants with new plant varieties to create lively, long-lasting color displays.
*Provides 10 beautiful and flexible templates to get you started
*Features gardens with uniquely southern looks that will thrive in USDA zones 6b-8b, including 15 southern states
*Useful for both beginning and experienced gardeners, as well as for commercial landscapers
*Highlights organic practices and solutions
*Gives step-by-step instructions for choosing locations, preparing soil and garden beds, selecting the best plants, designing, landscaping, sustaining your garden through the seasons, and much more
*Richly illustrated with photographs, plant lists, and other resources
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Color-Rich Gardening for the South?
Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure > Gardening > Garden design and planning
Where can I read a sample of Color-Rich Gardening for the South?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781469661766
How long is Color-Rich Gardening for the South and how many pages does it have?
Color-Rich Gardening for the South has 152 page(s)
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Color-Rich Gardening for the South?
Roxann Ward
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Color-Rich Gardening for the South is available as paperback(ISBN 9781469661766) and ebook(ISBN 9781469661773) and pdf(ISBN 9798890859655)
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