Plants in Design emerged from Brad E. Davis's and David Nichols's
love for plants and well-designed landscapes and a previous
frustration with landscape design guidebooks. While most landscape
and garden design resources focus either on design principles or on
plant materials, the unique strategy of Plants in Design provides a
palette of options organized by mature size and scale, covering
many genres of plants from grasses to herbaceous perennials, woody
shrubs and trees, and even annuals and interior plants-all of which
are necessary for consideration when composing a well-designed
landscape. Plants in Design combines two fundamental components of
landscape and garden design: (1) principles and uses of plant
material (e.g., color, line, texture), and (2) resource information
for analyzing and selecting a broad range of plant materials, from
annuals and ground covers to shrubs and trees, for southern
landscapes (USDA hardiness zones 6 to 9). Introductory chapters
discuss plants and their uses in creating outdoor landscapes in
settings ranging from small-scale applications (e.g., courtyards,
walkways) to medium- and large-scale projects (e.g., streetscapes,
parks). Richly illustrated with approximately 1,750 color
photographs, Plants in Design depicts plant shape, form,
characteristics, and landscape use, both to aid identification and
to envision how individual plants might appear in a composition.
The authors promote the use of native species to benefit native
wildlife and point out the dangers of many nonnative plants widely
used in the past and now threatening natural ecosystems. Featuring
five hundred southern landscape plants organized into fifteen
categories, ranging from large trees to ferns and flowering
annuals, plant accounts include scientific and common names,
hardiness zones, flowers and fruit, growing conditions, and pests
and diseases. The guide also includes drawings, a hardiness zone
map, glossary, bibliography, index, and design-use tables for quick
reference.
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