Landscape Plants for the Gulf and South Atlantic Coasts
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- ISBN 9780813027227
- Weight: 616g
- Dimensions: 178 x 252mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jun 2004
- Publisher: University Press of Florida
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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With colorful photographs of more than 400 plants, this comprehensive treatment of the selection and care of seaside plants will be welcomed eagerly by gardeners of the Gulf and South Atlantic coasts from Virginia to south Texas. As more and more of the nation's population moves to waterfront property, and as coastal construction surges, legions of business and residential owners have discovered the challenges of coastal gardening. Plants that might thrive inland often decline and eventually die. Though salinity is the most common and most hostile environmental stress, gardeners also battle poor soil, drought and downpours, high winds, humidity, and heat, not to mention occasionally freezing temperatures. Robert J. Black and Edward F. Gilman tell gardeners how to conquer these hurdles and establish aesthetic and functional plants that can adapt to a coastal site. Beginning with basic gardening precepts, they present step-by-step information on specific plants, planting, best landscape uses, cultural needs, and plant maintenance. They address watering, fertilization, pruning, and other care concerns of salt tolerant plants.
Robert J. Black, professor emeritus of environmental horticulture at the University of Florida, is the coeditor of Your Florida Landscape: A Complete Guide to Planting and Maintenance and The Florida Lawn Handbook, and coauthor with Edward F. Gilman of The Florida Guide to Shrubs and Your Florida Guide to Bedding Plants. Edward Gilman is professor of environmental horticulture at the University of Florida.
