Flowering Plants in the LandscapeMildred E. Mathias University of California Press, 1985 M02 7 - 215 páginas This book describes some of the world's most spectacular flowering trees, shrubs, vines, and ground covers and gives instructions for growing them. A delightful visual experience, it offers exciting possibilities for enhancing the landscape with the beauty of flowers and serves as an invaluable guide to the flowering plants of tropical and subtropical regions. |
Contenido
Foreword by Sir George Taylor | vii |
Flowering Plants in the Landscape 1 | xiv |
Flowering Shrubs | 58 |
Flowering Plants for Color on the Ground | 132 |
Annuals and Perennials Useful for Ground Covers | 230 |
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Términos y frases comunes
Acacia Acanthaceae America 9 Apocynaceae Asia Australia Bignoniaceae black and white bloom blossoms blue Bombacaceae Botanic Garden bottlebrush bracts branches Brazil bush California native Cassia China clusters color photographs Compositae Convolvulaceae cultivars cultivation dark green deciduous desert drainage early spring Ericaceae Erythrina eucalyptus evergreen fall feet flowering trees foliage fragrant frost fruits full sun genus green leaves ground covers grown grows herb hybrid Illustrated with black Illustrated with color inch 5 cm inch 7.5 cm inland intermittent Labiatae landscape late spring Leguminosae light Malvaceae Melastomataceae Mexico Myrtaceae native plants orange partial shade pink Pittosporaceae Plumbaginaceae Polygonaceae Proteaceae pruning purple red flowers Rosaceae rose Rubiaceae Rutaceae Saxifragaceae scarlet Scrophulariaceae seed shade 1°C showy shrub shrubby small tree Solanaceae South Africa species spring 25°F spring hardy spring-autumn Spring-Fall spring-summer stems subtropics succulent Summer 25°F summer-autumn tropics trunk Verbenaceae violet well-drained soil white flowers winter winter-spring yellow flowers