Good gardens with less water /

This beautifully illustrated, full-colour book contains a wealth of information on such key topics as: how to improve soil structure to maximise the retention of water for use by plants; selecting drought-tolerant native and exotic plants; working out how much water to apply to different types of pl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Handreck, K. A. (Kevin A.), 1938-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Collingwood, Vic. : Csiro Pub., ©2008.
Colección:CSIRO Publishing gardening guides.
Temas:
Landscape gardening > Water conservation > Australia.
Water conservation > Australia.
Jardins > Architecture > Eau > Conservation > Australie.
Eau > Conservation > Australie.
GARDENING > Ornamental Plants.
GARDENING > Climatic > Temperate.
GARDENING > Flowers > General.
Landscape gardening > Water conservation.
Water conservation.
Australia.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PREFACE; Acknowledgements; 1 Causes of water shortages; 2 Plants and water; 3 Know your soil; 4 Organic matter and soils; 5 Your soil is a reservoir; 6 Water quality; 7 Delivering water to your plants; 8 Garden watering systems; 9 Mulches: the facts; 10 New gardens and new gardens from old; 11 Dealing with too much water; 12 Lawns; 13 Water for plants in pots; 14 Testing potting mixes; Appendix 1 Sources of extra information; Index.

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