Synopses & Reviews
Mid-Atlantic Home Landscaping Approximately 400 full-color photos and illustrations
46 designs covering the most common situations, such as front entries, foundation plantings, patios, and steep slopes.
Detailed descriptions of more than 200 plants that will grow well in your region, plus all you need to know to select, plant, and care for them.
Step-by-step instructions for building structures, such as paths, patios, ponds, walls, fences, arbors, and trellises.
Synopsis
This updated, expanded edition provides inspiring ideas for making the Mid-Atlantic home landscape more attractive and functional. Starting with the 200 best plants that thrive in the region, area landscape professionals created 46 outdoor design concepts readers can work with. More than 430 color photographs and drawings complement the easy-to-follow instructions for caring for and installing plants, paths, patios, ponds, and arbors.
DE, Long Island, MD, NJ, PA, VA, WV
Synopsis
Includes 46 designs created by Mid-Atlantic landscape professionals. Over 200 plants that are proven performers in the region are employed in the designs. More than 430 color photos and drawings.
Synopsis
Includes 46 designs created by Mid-Atlantic landscape professionals, over 200 plants that are proven performers, and more than 430 color photos and drawings.
US: DE, Long Island, MD, NJ, PA, VA, WV
About the Author
Roger Holmes is the founding editor of
Fine Gardening magazine. He co-edited the monumental
Taylor's Master Guide to Gardening and other highly regarded gardening books, and produced the seven-book regional landscaping series of which this book is part.
Rita Buchanan is a lifelong gardener with degrees in botany and an encyclopedic knowledge of plants. She worked with Roger Holmes to edit Fine Gardening magazine and co-edit several books, including Taylor's Master Guide to Gardening. She is the author of numerous award-winning books and is a contributor to many gardening magazines.
Table of Contents
MID-ATLANTIC HOME LANDSCAPING Table of Contents
About This Book 8Seasons in Your Landscape 12 As Your Landscape Grows 16
PORTFOLIO OF DESIGNS
First Impressions 20 Make a pleasant passage to the front door
A Step Up 24 Plant a foundation garden
Up Front and Formal 28 Seasonal color brightens sheared symmetry
Angle of Repose 32 Make a back-door garden in a sheltered niche
A Corner with Character 36 Beautify a boundary with easy-care plants
Streetwise and Stylish 40 Give your curbside strip a new look
Landscaping a Low Wall 44 Two-tier garden replaces a short slope
Around Back” 48 Dress up the familys day-to-day entrance
Beautify a Blank Wall 52 Paint a picture with plants
A Shady Hideaway 56 Create a fragrant oasis
Create a Living” Room 60 Enclose a patio with foliage and flowers
Splash Out 64 Make a handsome water garden in a few weekends
Garden in the Round 68 Create a planting with several attractive faces
A Beginning Border 72 Flowers and a fence make a traditional design
Back to Nature 76 Create a wooded retreat in your backyard
Make a No-Mow Slope 80 A terraced grove transforms a steep site
Under the Old Shade Tree 84 Create a cozy garden in a cool spot
A Garden Path 88 Reclaim a narrow side yard for a shade garden
Down to Earth 92 Harmonize your deck with its surroundings
A Woodland Link 96 Create a shrub border for nearby woods
Gateway Garden 100 Simple structure and plantings make pleasing passage
A Pleasing Postal Planting 104 Provide a leafy setting for the daily mail
Elegant Symmetry 108 Make a formal garden for the backyard Guide to installation
Organizing Your Project 114 Introducing the tasks involved in a landscape installation. How to organize them for best results.
Clearing the Site 116 Removing turf, weeds, and other unwanted material.
Making Paths and Walkways 118 Choosing materials, preparing the base, installing edgings, laying the surface.
Laying a Patio 124 Same materials and techniques as for paths and walkways. Ensuring proper drainage.
Installing a Pond 126 Siting, excavation, installing a flexible liner or fiberglass shell. Growing pond plants.
Building a Retaining Wall 130 Laying out, excavating, and assembling a precast modular wall system and steps.
Fences, Arbors, and Trellises 134 Selecting wood, layout, setting posts, basic construction. Plans for building the fences, arbors, and trellises shown in the Portfolio of Designs.
Preparing the Soil for Planting 148 Digging and improving the soil. Edgings for beds.
Buying Plants 152 Where to go, what to look for, how to get the best quality and price.
The Planting Process 153 When to plant, steps in the planting process, spacing. Annuals as fillers.
Planting Basics 155 Plants in containers, balled-and-burlapped plants, bare-root plants, ground covers, and bulbs.
Basic Landscape Care 157 Mulches and fertilizers. Controlling weeds. Watering.
Caring for Woody Plants 161 Basic pruning. Training an espalier. Making a hedge.
Caring for Perennials 166 Routine care, pruning, dividing.
Problem Solving 168 Understanding common problems with animal and insect pests and diseases. Winter protection.
PLANT PROFILES
Descriptions of all the plants shown in the Portfolio of Designs, plus information on how to plant and care for them. 172
Glossary 214
Photo Credits 216
Index 216