High Desert Yards and Gardens - Softcover

Doxon, Lynn Ellen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826319106 ISBN 13: 9780826319104

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, 1999

Synopsis

The high desert region comprising New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Texas offers a challenge to gardeners and landscapers. But pleasing and rewarding gardens and lawns can be achieved with a proper understanding of the soil, climate, and special needs of the southern Rockies. This is the first comprehensive guide to trees, lawns, and flower and vegetable gardens keyed to this unique desert environment.

As in her popular column in the Albuquerque Journal, horticulturist Lynn Doxon answers common questions and provides practical and specific advice for both beginning and experienced gardeners. Tips for beginning new yards and maintaining established ones, including information on watering, fertilization, pruning, insect control, and converting older lawns to xeriscapes, are presented in this thorough and detailed guide.

About this title

About the Author:

Lynn Ellen Doxon has been gardening since the age of two. She lives in Albuquerque with her family.

Review:

""High Desert Yards & Gardens is a treasure. . . . you will learn everything necessary for success in this book. . . . [it] is easy to read and follows a logical outline from start to finish. . . . Whether you are a beginning or advanced gardener, or a newcomer . . . "High Desert Yards & Gardens will help you create the garden you have always dreamed of." Cheers to Lynn Ellen Doxon for writing a gardening book for . . . the high deserts of New Mexico, Arizona and west Texas. . . . broad and inclusive of all aspects of gardening. . . . The writing style is appropriate for . . . amateur gardeners and newcomers to the region. "High Desert Yards & Gardens" is a treasure. . . . you will learn everything necessary for success in this book. . . . [it] is easy to read and follows a logical outline from start to finish. . . . Whether you are a beginning or advanced gardener, or a newcomer . . . "High Desert Yards & Gardens" will help you create the garden you have always dreamed of.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0826319106
• ISBN 13: 9780826319104
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 286