Agaves, Yuccas, and Related Plants: A Gardener's Guide

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Timber Press, 2000 - Gardening - 312 pages
These exotic natives of the Americas are among the most striking of drought-tolerant plants, and they make wonderful accents in the landscape, providing excellent contrasts to flowering perennial plantings. They can also be massed effectively, and many of the species are small, ideal for use in containers.

The authors point out that innovative nurseries and gardeners in cool, humid regions of North America and Europe have shown that many of these plants may be suitable for areas with climates very different from their native range. Full information on cultivation and propagation is provided.

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About the author (2000)

Mary Irish is the former director of public horticulture at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona. She has written extensively on dry-climate gardening, and is the coauthor (with her husband, Gary Irish) of Agaves, Yuccas, and Related Plants. A Texas native residing in Arizona, Mary received her master's degree in geography from Texas AM University. She is a regular contributor to several magazines, including Sunset, and teaches classes on the care and culture of agaves, cacti, and other desert shrubs and perennials as well as introductory classes for beginning gardeners. She once hosted a weekly Phoenix-based radio show called The Arizona Gardener, and has also helped produce several television programs about gardening.

Bibliographic information

TitleAgaves, Yuccas, and Related Plants: A Gardener's Guide
Photographs byGary Irish
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherTimber Press, 2000
ISBN0881924423, 9780881924428
Length312 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Gardening / Climatic / Desert
Gardening / Ornamental Plants
Gardening / Reference
  
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