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Mediterranean Gardening: A Waterwise Approach (Paperback)

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Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: University of California Press; Revised edition edition (17 Oct 2003)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0520236475
ISBN-13: 978-0520236479
Product Dimensions: 25.4 x 19.3 x 2 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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Gardening in harmony with a Mediterranean climate means taking advantage of winter rain and allowing the garden to rest over hot summers. In this beautifully illustrated, practical handbook, Heidi Gildemeister provides both novice and experienced gardeners with a comprehensive guide for waterwise gardening, with over one thousand drought-tolerant Mediterranean plants chosen both for their beauty and for their easygoing ways. Well indexed with common and botanical names, "Mediterranean Gardening" will be indispensable not only for gardeners in California, the Mediterranean basin, and Mediterranean climate areas in South America, Australia, and Africa, but for anyone living in a region that experiences drought. Gildemeister explains how drought-tolerant plants that are suitably matched with a site and carefully planted and mulched can live on winter rain and, once established, do not need additional summer water - as in nature. The Plant Selection lists over one thousand plants from nearly five hundred genera, including their preferred growing conditions, propagation, best use, and maintenance. Guidelines in eight steps describe the planning of waterwise gardens, such as for the establishment of dappled shade to conserve precious soil moisture. Successful alternatives to the water-intensive lawn offer attractive design ideas. "Mediterranean Gardening" offers a wealth of information: 'easy' plants for the beginner, new choices for the garden architect, and for botanists the latest findings on minimum temperatures plants can endure. An extensive bibliography covering drought tolerance and a list of useful addresses make this book as helpful to people converting to water-, labor-, and ecology-conscious gardening as to those starting from scratch.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A must for gardeners in Spain, 2 Aug 2002

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This review is from: Mediterranean Gardening: A Waterwise Approach (Hardcover)

I consult this book (the Spanish version) constantly, as it not only gives you great ideas for planning your garden but also has a very user-friendly index of plants, with advice on propogation and lots of photos. Highly recommended.

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5.0 out of 5 stars a fundamental guide for starting a mediterranean garden, 10 Nov 2001

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It would have been really a difficult task for me to cope with my 1000 sqm bare land to convert them in a garden without the help and the useful advises of this book, since the lack of water and the heat of the summer are not easy problems to solve for an absent gardener on the Italian Riviera. And the wide list of plants suitable for this climate permits you to avoid expensive mistakes on the basis of the not always honest suggestions of garden centres.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A real eye opener, 17 Jul 2000

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"Traditional", i.e. northern European, gardening just doesn't work in countries with long dry summers. The author does a great job in explaining the principles and constraints applicable to dry climate gardening in the first half of the book. Lots of practical detail shows that she has done it all herself, many times over. The second half is a nice compendium of plants from Mediterranean climates from all over the world. Highly recommended.

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