Turn your backyard garden into a lush and colorful wonderland where every plant is presented to its fullest potential. Scott Calhoun provides more than 100 stunning garden designs that are adaptable to a range of climates, budgets, and space considerations. As you learn to use proven groupings and discover ways to make your garden glow throughout all seasons, you’re sure to find the right combination of flowers, grasses, and ground coverings to transform your property into a jaw-dropping display of color, texture, and fragrance.

Designer Plant Combinations: 105 Stunning Gardens Using Six Plants or Fewer

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Calhoun, Scott

Gardening & Landscape Design

Storey Publishing, LLC.

“Gardeners new and old will close this book with an arsenal of ideas on how to take their cactus cultivation to a new level.” —Terrain The Gardener’s Guide to Cactus reveals how easy, hardy, and rewarding cactus can be for home gardeners. Succulent plant expert Scott Calhoun picks 100 of the best cactus available and shows how they can make striking additions to your garden. Information includes advice on planting and care, tips for growing in containers, and details on identify and avoiding pests. Whether you want striking form, gorgeous flowers, or a low-maintenance plant for a spot that needs little or no supplementary water, you’ll find it in this friendly, informative, and eye-catching guide.

The Gardener's Guide to Cactus: The 100 Best Paddles, Barrels, Columns, and Globes

Timber Press

In spite of living in the Sonoran Desert, renowned gardening expert Scott Calhoun has created a lush and vibrant paradise in his own back yard.Yard Full of Sun: The Story of a Gardener's Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand is the perfect guide to extreme gardening and shows that a little dedication can go a long way. If you have ever lived in the desert, or are planning to relocate, Yard Full of Sun will explain: • The ins and outs of building your own bungalow • Water conservation and collecting rain water in a homemade cistern • Soil conditions and how to treat your dirt • The importance of landscaping plans and how to make them • Plants that thrive in an arid landscape • Colors and flowers • Cactus: love it? hate it? • Creative gardening techniques And most importantly: • There is no shame in scavenging along the side of the road for the perfect seeds. Yard Full of Sun is a full-bodied gardening adventure meant to inspire you to think beyond the turf and queen palm landscape. This humorous and easy-to-read book chronicles the struggles and triumphs of one family as they design and construct a home and garden in the desert. Exploring gardens from southern Sonora, Mexico to Utah's Great Basin, Southern California to Texas, this is the book to have before creating your own retreat. 60 photographs and illustrations

Yard Full of Sun: The Story of a Gardener's Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Rio Nuevo Publishers

Scott Calhoun "tells his story with wit and a delightful earthiness."—The American Gardener.What can possess a man to drive across state lines, mountain ranges, and international borders with little more than a ragged guide book, an old map, and a wild look in his eyes? Wild women? No, wildflowers! Author Scott Calhoun invites you to join him on a rollicking adventure through Utah, Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, and into Sonora, Mexico. Along the way, learn how red chile on a white T-shirt can look like a gunshot wound, and how a man driving a VW Jetta with 100,000 miles on it can feel "richer than a Hollywood divorce lawyer" while he searches for the elusive beauty of blooming wildflowers. Why? Because "there are some temptations that are too great for a renegade gardener to resist." 36 full-color photographs

Chasing Wildflowers: A Mad Search for Wild Gardens

An inspiring and witty guide to landscape design in dry climates."Put your desert eyes on," is Scott Calhoun's first advice to gardeners facing arid Southwestern regions with extreme climate conditions. Then he shows how to translate the natural beauty of the region—mountains, canyons, sculptural succulents, and incandescent sky—into gorgeous yet water-thrifty landscape designs that complement existing architecture as well as the environment that surrounds it. Spectacular photographs help to tell the tale, showing flowering plants that are also tough as nails, vivid purple walls, and cacti with "punk rock hairdos," along with creative touches drawn from Native American and pop culture. Gardeners at all levels will find insight, inspiration, tips, and tricks to help them create and foster beauty in the desert. 100 color photos; 20 b/w illustrations

The Hot Garden: Landscape Design for the Desert Southwest

Bring life to your outdoor space: detailed information about creating a decorative yard, patio, or balcony in arid climates and discusses the variety of plant options available.Award-winning author, Scott Calhoun, and local nature expert, Lynn Hassler, provide a unique approach to container gardening by creating a title that is specific to the Southwest region. This publication provides detailed information about creating a decorative yard, patio, or balcony in arid climates and discusses the variety of plant options available—from vegetables and fragrant flowers to colorful containers that create an atmosphere of tranquility and attract nature. 90 color illustrations

Hot Pots: Container Gardening in the Arid Southwest

Hassler, Lynn

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