Gardening with Indigenous Shrubs

(Cape Town: Struik, 2002) 1868727882. 280 x 215 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 112, incl. index; full-colour photographs of each of the species considered. Light creased to bottom fore-corner of upper cover. Very good condition. "Gardening with Indigenous Shrubs offers the most comprehensive directory of indigenous South African shrubs ever published, as well as practical information on how to propagate and grow them in your own garden. Aside from the colour and variety that shrubs bring to the garden, they also have a multitude of uses - as screens, windbreaks, nest sites for birds, and many more. Planting shrubs that are indigenous to your area has numerous benefits: you will be able to grow a thriving garden, even if you live in an area with sandy or clay soil, harsh coastal winds, or heavy frost; more birds and other animals will be attracted to your garden; your plants will need far less water than exotics do. This book provides fascinating new information on indigenous shrubs for the garden expert, but in a format that is easily accessible and useful for the novice gardener as well. Gardening with Indigenous Shrubs also has a number of features to help you when selecting the ideal shrubs for your garden: details of how to propagate each one of the shrubs in the book, and the ways in which they can be used in the garden; practical tips and interesting information about indigenous shrubs at the bottom of each page; a range of symbols to give you key information about each shrub at a glance; a useful glossary of specialised terms used in the book." .