{"product_id":"high-and-dry-gardening-with-cold-hardy-dryland-plants-by-robert-nold-682f","title":"High and Dry: Gardening with Cold-Hardy Dryland Plants by Robert Nold","description":"\u003cp\u003eGardeners in the Interior West and Great Plains face a daunting challenge: a harsh, semi-arid climate of scorching summers and brutally cold winters. These climatic extremes rule out many standard garden plants that thrive in areas with greater rainfall and more moderate temperatures. Yet there is a wide variety of native plants that are not only beautiful but provide highly satisfactory choices for the western garden. In this comprehensive volume, Robert Nold describes the best picks among perennials and annuals; grasses; bulbs; rock garden plants; cacti; yuccas and other similar plants; shrubs; and trees-more than a thousand plants in all. Leavened with humor and rueful wisdom, Nold's pithy descriptions zero in on each plant's outstanding ornamental characteristics while giving the reader an accurate idea of what to expect from the plant's performance in the garden. With very few exceptions, the recommended plants can be expected to thrive without supplemental irrigation once established, and tolerate winter temperatures as low as -10F (-23C). Throughout, the book is illustrated with vivid color photographs and a selection of exquisite botanical watercolors by artist Cindy Nelson-Nold. Anyone with an interest in hardy, drought-tolerant plants will find in these pages an abundance of tempting possibilities with which to experiment. Indeed, High and Dry can serve as a highly useful tool for resource-conscious gardeners everywhere.  Editorial Reviews  From Booklist Nold aims his expert eye on America's Big Sky high country, providing all who garden in the cold, dry landscape of Rocky Mountain regions with a truly incisive resource for selecting ornamental plants. Summer's extreme heat is considered, along with frigid winters and semiarid conditions, as Nold recommends a wondrous selection of appropriate bulbs and perennials, annuals and grasses, shrubs and cacti. A plant-lover's zeal defines the chapter devoted to species for rock gardens, where Nold puts forward plants that promise to be easily grown, although mostly from seed. The book's trove of plants is brought to life through detailed advice based upon Nold's hard-won understanding of gardening in Denver's unique climatic conditions. Extensive plant profiles offer descriptions of plants, their habits, and cultural requirements. Moreover,entries are filled with Nold's personal experience, helping to govern readers' choices as they look to create their own beautiful gardens. --Alice Joyce  Review A must-have primer for the water-conscious gardener.  (Midwest Book Review)  To the rescue is Robert Nold, whose experience in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado with dryland gardening offers a host of plant selections that will not only survive under these temperature extremes, but thrive. (Denver Post)  With tips on breeds of plants that can thrive in the climate and survive both extremes of temperature, High and Dry is a scholarly and well researched book on gardening in inhospitable climates. Highly recommended. . . . (SciTech Book News)  . . . a humorous, practical book for any Western gardener looking for drought-friendly gardening advice..  Nold, an adept and often funny writer, has written a plant book that will be invaluable to gardeners and plant specialists for its presentation of his extensive knowledge of these native plants and his experience growing them, without any irrigation.   About the Author Robert Nold is a regular writer for the rocky Mountain Chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society and the Colorado Gardener. His articles have appeared in The American Gardener and Horticulture, and he was a contributor to the 2004 revision of The American Horticultural Society's A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. He is the author of two award-winning Timber Press books: Penstemons and Columbines.  About the Author Robert Nold is a regular writer for the rocky Mountain Chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society and the Colorado Gardener. His articles have appeared in The American Gardener and Horticulture, and he was a contributor to the 2004 revision of The American Horticultural Society's A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. He is the author of two award-winning Timber Press books: Penstemons and Columbines.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41828580294730,"sku":"682f","price":22.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/682f_1_dec0a649-6aa5-4426-9c20-00673fa41fb2.jpg?v=1764429148","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/high-and-dry-gardening-with-cold-hardy-dryland-plants-by-robert-nold-682f","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}