DOCSLIB.ORG

Gardeners' Q&A

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text

Load more

A Publication of the American Horticultural Society Volume 70, Number 3 • March 1991 $1.50 News Edition Kudos! Kudos! A high point of the year for the American Horticultural Society is paying tribute to individuals and organizations who have shown exceptional dedication as amateurs or professionals. Our 1991 awards will be presented April 20, during our Annual Meeting in Birmingham, Alabama. The Liberty Hyde Bailey Award From her base in Brooklyn, New York, Alice Recknagel Ireys has been a pioneer in the world of landscape architecture. In her 56-year career Ireys has completed designs for housing projects, botanical gardens, parks departments, colleges and schools, churches, private homes and estates, libraries, and museums. Her most recent projects have included two demonstration gardens at the New York Botanical Gar­ den in the Bronx, a perennial garden at Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay, New York, and tree planting plans for the University of Charleston in West Virginia. For this long-term and wide-ranging commitment, Ireys will be presented AHS's Liberty Hyde Bailey Award, the highest honor the Society can bestow on an individual. Recipients must show significant achievement in at least three areas: teaching, research, writing, plant exploration, administration, art, business, and leadership. The 1991 Awards Committee cited Ireys's leadership as a landscape architect, her teaching and writing, and her application of the art oflandscape design. Ireys attended Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn, and the Cambridge School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, now part of Harvard Alice Recknagel Ireys University. Her career began in 1935 when she was In This Issue Award Winners 1 Gardeners' Q&A . 15 Gardeners'Dateline .20 Ethnobotany . 8 AHS Bulletin Board 16 Classifieds . .22 Regional Notes 12 Members' Forum . 17 Rutgers Zone Map . 24 Making a Difference 14 Gardeners' Bookshelf 18 1991, Garden Designs for the Burpee American American Gardening Series. Horticultural Society The G. B. Gunlogson Award The American Horticultural Society seeks Don Lovness's "pioneering research to promote and recognize excellence into the life of the soil" has earned him in horticulture across America. this year's G. B. Gunlogson Award, which recognizes the creative use of OFFICERS 1990-1991 new technology to make home garden­ Mr. George C. Ball Jr., West Chicago, IL ing more productive and enjoyable and President to benefit people/plant relationships. Mrs. Helen Fulcher Walutes, Mount Vernon, VA Lovness spent 20 years with the 3M First Vice President Mr. Richard C. Angino, Harrisburg, PA Company conducting new product Second Vice President research before joining the Ringer Mr. Elvin McDonald, Brooklyn, NY Corporation as a senior scientist. He Secretary Don Lovness helped Judd Ringer organize the com­ Mr. Gerald T. Halpin, Alexandria, VA pany in 1961 and became a member of Treasurer hired as an assistant to Ridgefield, New the board of directors in 1965. Ringer Mrs. Carolyn Marsh Undsay, Rochester, NY Jersey, landscape architect MaIjorie specializes in research, development, and Immediate Past President Sewall Cautley to prepare planting plans sales of natural gardening products. for the Hillside housing project in Bronx, Lovness developed Ringer's BOARD OF DIRECTORS New York. The next year she joined the proprietary fertilizer technology and Mrs. Suzanne Bales, Oyster Bay, NY New York office of Charles N. Lowrie as Dr. William E. Bar-rick, Pine Mountain, GA holds nearly a dozen patents relating Dr. Sherran Blair, Columbus, OH head draftsman, and designed and to soil biotechnology. Mrs. Mary Katherine Blount, drafted landscape plans for the Red Mentgomery, AL Hook housing project, the Brooklyn The Catherine H. Sweeney Award Mrs. Sarah Boasberg, Washingt0n, DC Boulevard Gardens, and the World's Fair Dr. Henry Marc Cathey, WashiRgton, DC in Queens. When Lowrie died in 1939 The Sweeney award, which recognizes Mr. Russell B. Clark, Boston, MA Ireys took over his practice, completing extraordinary and dedicated efforts in Mrs. Ann Lyon Crammond, Atlal'lta, GA plans for existing projects and supervising the field of horticulture, this year goes Mrs. Beverley White Dunn, landscape work. to Thomas H. Dodd Jr. for his work Birmingham, AL Not content just to design landscapes, "in collecting, growing, and popularizing Mr. K. Albert Ebinger, Boxford, MA Mrs. Julia Hobart, Troy, OH Ireys was also a landscape gardening native shrubs of the South." Dr. Joseph E. Howland, Reno, NV instructor at Connecticut College for Dodd is owner of Tom Dodd Nurseries, Mr. David M. Lilly, Saint Paul, MN Women in New London between 1942 Inc. , in Semmes, Alabama. Between 1940 Mr. Everitt Miller, Kenl'lett Square, PA and 1945. She has lectured at the and 1987 he made numerous field trips Mrs. Flavia Redelmeier, Williamsburg Garden Symposium, to the Southeastern and Southwestern Richmond Hill, ON, Canada Longwood Gardens, Old Westbury states in search of unusual native flora Mrs. Jane N. Scarff, New Carlisle, OH Gardens, and at many garden clubs and that could be adapted to commercial Mr. Andre Viette, Fishersville, VA federated groups on the East Coast. production. Dodd has also traveled to Mrs. Jean Verity Woodhull, Dayton, OH Ireys has written articles for the New Mexico, Canada, Japan, England, York Sun, New York Times, Holland, Gennany, France, and Italy in EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Mr. Frank L. Robinson Horticulture, and Plants and Gardens, search of plants. Now he is involved in a and has produced tree sketches for seed exchange program with a Japanese Architectural Graphic Standards. Her botanist who is interested in bog plants AMERICAN HORTICULTURIST books include How To Plan and Plant and native azaleas. !ZDITOR: Kathleen Fisher Your Own Property, Small Gardens for Dodd is responsible for a number of ASSISTANT ItDITORS: Thomas M. Barrett, Mary Beth Wiesner City and Country, and, published in ivy, azalea, and camellia introductions, EDITORIAL ASSISTANT: Martha Palermo including !lex crenata 'Buxifolia', MEMBERSHIP DIRE1CTOR: 'William Jackson', and 'Hoogendorn'; 1. Kathleen B. Amberger corn uta 'Lottie Moon'; 1. opaca 'William ADVERTISING: American Horticultural Hawkins'; 1. cornuta x latifolia 'Mary Society AdVertising Department, 2700 Nell'; azaleas 'Kate Arendall', 'Amy', Prosperity Avenue, Fairfax, VA 22031 . Phone 'Jennifer', 'Betsy', and 'Rebekah'; and (703) 204-4636. Camellia sasanqua 'Bonanza', winner Address all editorial correspondence to: The Editor, American HorticuUurlst American Horticultural of the Ralph S. Peer Memorial Sasanqua Soclely, 7931 East Boulevard Drive, Alexandria, VA Trophy of the American Camellia 22308. AMERICAN HORTICULTURIST, ISSN 00964417, is published by the American Horticultural Society, 7931 Society in 1965. Interspecific hybrids of East Boulevard Drive, Alexandria, VA 22308, (703) 768- native azaleas are his current interest. 5700, and is issued six limes a year as a magazine and six times a year as a News Edition. The American Dodd received the 1969 AHS Commer­ Hort i cu~ural Society is a nonprofit organization devoted to cial Award for his development of an excellence in horticu~ure . Botanical nomenclature in outstanding nursery. Since then he has AMERICAN HORTICULTURIST is based on HORTUS THIRD. National membership dues are $35; two years received the award for Outstanding are $60. Foreign dues are $45. $12 of dues are Forestry Achievement for advancement designated for AMERICAN HORTICULTURIST. Copyright © 1991 by the American Horticu~ural Society. Second­ of forestry in Alabama; a medal of honor class postage paid at Alexandria, Virginia, and at add~ion­ from the Garden Club of America; and al mailing offices. Postmaster: Please send Form 3579 to AMERICAN HORTICULTURIST, 7931 East Boulevard the North American Native Plants man Drive, Alexandria, VA 22308. first annual award of excellence. Thomas H. Dodd Jr. 2 + American Horticulturist • March 1991 Beverley White Dunn o. L. Weeks c. Beaty Hanna The Frances Jones Poetker Award Since selling his business, Weeks Commercial Award (Institution). In continues to hybridize roses."1 have 1956 Marquis M. Hunt and C. Beaty Beverley White Dunn will receive the been accused of being a man with a Hanna joined forces to become Landscape Frances Jones Poetker Award, given to a passion, and one ofthe few who were Services, Inc. Hanna became president of person who has made significant con­ able to follow and develop that passion the company in 1972 when Hunt retired. tributions to the appreciation of creative into a lifetime of activity," Weeks Landscape Services has developed floral designs. Dunn, a member of the wrote. ''Mrs. Weeks often says that she commercial, civic, and residential AHS Board of Directors, has conducted was never better than No. 2 ... she was projects throughout Alabama, Georgia, flower arranging seminars at Colonial always upstaged by a girl whose name Tennessee, Florida, and Mississippi. A Williamsburg and for the benefit of the is 'rose.' Apparently she adjusted well recent endeavor was the Southern Birmingham Botanical Gardens. She is a enough to being No.2 as we celebrated Progress corporate headquarters, former president of the Little Garden our 50th wedding anniversary in 1988." designed to complement the forest of Club and a flower show chairman of hardwoods and pines that surround it. Zone VII of the Garden Club of America. Commercial Award (Institution) (Annual Meeting participants will see She attended Randolph-Macon Woman's Landscape Services's
Recommended publications
  • “Grass” by Any Other Name—Xeriscaping and Sustainability C

    “Grass” by Any Other Name—Xeriscaping and Sustainability C

    Journal of Sustainability Management – June 2014 Volume 2, Number 1 “Grass” By Any Other Name—Xeriscaping And Sustainability C. Kenneth Meyer, Drake University, USA Richard B. Strong, University of Minnesota, USA Jeffrey A. Geerts, Iowa Economic Development Authority, State of Iowa, USA Doug Bennett, Southern Nevada Water Authority, USA ABSTRACT With water conservation and use policy considered to be among the greatest challenges facing contemporary society, this case takes on the enduring issues associated with water and how it impacts urban planning, land use, water conservation, economic development, and sustainability. Conflicted on the uses of natural and artificial turf, Jerard Leon, director of Blue Haven’s Planning Commission recommends that Joseph Teaberry, landscape architect, contact a premier program on xeriscape in the United States –the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA). Teaberry prepares for an in-depth, structured interview with Doug Bennett, conservation manager of SNWA. He reviews the relevant academic and professional literature on the hydrologic cycle, and the economics and geological concerns that affect water use policy, including the meaning of “Water quality,” “Watershed,” and the sundry metrics used to assess water quality under the Clean Water Act, 1972. As the structured interview reveals, Teaberry learns about the history of water policy in the Colorado Basin, the multiple uses and costs associated with water consumption in the SNWA, and the conservation practices and water policy pricing policies and how they impact water utilization. In the final analysis, Teaberry discusses the various strategic management practices employed by SNWA and their attendant efficacies, successes/failures pertaining to water policy education, pricing, inducement, enforcement, and the future water policy concerns.
  • April 13, 2015 REPORT to COUNCIL from the CHIEF

    April 13, 2015 REPORT to COUNCIL from the CHIEF

    April 13, 2015 REPORT TO COUNCIL FROM THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER ON DRAFT FOOD AND URBAN AGRICULTURE PLAN PURPOSE To provide Council with the draft Food and Urban Agriculture Plan (FUAP) for review and comment, with a particular focus given to the action items within the plan. SUMMARY The stakeholder and public engagement phases of the FUAP planning process have been completed. Activities and events included a stakeholder forum with over 100 participants, a mobile tour showcasing different examples of the local food system, a public survey completed by 647 community members, two open houses in local malls attended by hundreds of people, an extensive media campaign, and several meetings with stakeholder groups and community associations. This extensive stakeholder and public consultation, combined with research into best practices, promising approaches in other municipalities, and input from the Food and Urban Agriculture Plan Advisory Committee (FUAP-AC), has led to the development of a draft FUAP. Prior to a final public input opportunity, staff are bringing the draft FUAP forward to a Council workshop for review and comment by Mayor and Council. In May, staff will share the draft FUAP with the public at two open houses. Following the open houses, any further revisions will be made, and the FUAP will be finalized and brought forward to Council for adoption in July. RECOMMENDATION: For Council information only. COUNCIL POLICY KAMPLAN (2004) - Section 4, Quality of Life, 5.0 Social Planning - Action Items 5.2.6, 5.2.7, 5.2.8, 5.2.10, 5.2.11, 5.2.14, 5.2.17, 5.2.19, and 5.2.20.
  • Xeriscaping; Fad? Or New Mindset?

    Xeriscaping; Fad? Or New Mindset?

    Marion County Extension 210 N. Iowa St., PO Box 409 Knoxville, IA 50138 641-842-2014 :[email protected] February, 2013 Volume 11, Issue 1I The Green Scene Xeriscaping; Fad? Or New Mindset? Xeriscaping, or building beautiful gardens with very little water, is a new buzz. Using drought smart plants that are beautiful, require little water and are by nature extremely hardy gives gardeners a wide palette to choose from for a xeric garden. And since central Iowa continues to experience drought conditions, you may want to explore this “new” type of gardening in the coming growing season. So what to plant? The ten classic favorite drought- tolerant perennial plants listed below are renowned for their reliability in the dry garden. Tried and tested, these plants are tough, resilient and low maintenance. 1. Artimesia species and varieties include Artemisia abrotanum (Southernwood), Artemisia absinthium (Wormwood), Artemisia pontica, Artemisia stellerana, Artemisia schmidtiana (Silvermound), Artemisia canescens, Artemesia ludoviciana (Silver King). 2. Centranthus ruber - Jupiter's Beard. 3. Eryngium, or Sea Holly; try Eryngium giganteum (Miss Willmott's Ghost) or Eryngium planum (Flat Sea Holly). 4. Euphorbia polychroma - Cushion Spurge. 5. Festuca glauca - Blue Fescue. 6. Iris - bearded Iris dwarf and German bearded irises - lovely in bloom, or out. The blue green sword like foliage is a great foil for other more delicate textures. 7. Lavendula angustafolia - lavender - not only a great xeriscaping sub shrub, but a delightfully scented addition to potpourri, as well as a bee magnet. 8. Nepeta mussinii - catnip - pretty blue spiky flowers attract many beneficial insects, as well as the odd feline.
  • SECTION 1 Campus Landscaping for “Wild”

    SECTION 1 Campus Landscaping for “Wild”

    Green Mountain College Mountain Green H. Graves J. Photo: SECTION 1 Campus Landscaping for “Wild” Whether small or large, almost every college or university The gardens have attracted a variety of ground mammals, campus has welcoming green places: a central “quad,” a river reptiles, and birds of prey. Several rare fish and reptiles, or pond, landscaped beds, or natural forest. Often these are including the top minnow and the Gila Chub, find refuge special, treasured spots the campus is proud to showcase. in this on-campus desert oasis. It’s hard to find a college website or viewbook that doesn’t feature flowers, trees, or some other green scene. Schools make Planting native species is a good way to deal with difficult decisions about what to plant, how to manage open places and, places to maintain on campus. Allegheny College16 (PA) in many cases, how their investments in landscaping can be planted 20 species of native wildflowers on an acre of land at tied to their educational mission. And while an argument can the north end of its 524-acre campus, including black-eyed be made that anything green is better for wildlife than bricks, Susans, wild bergamot, partridge pea, and New England aster. walls, and pavement, not all greenery is created equal from a This habitat restoration effort not only eliminated a portion wildlife point of view. of the campus grounds to maintain, it also provided filtration for parking lot runoff, cut erosion from a steep hillside, and Wildlife-useful plants typically end up with holes in their became an outdoor research lab for the college.
  • Alabama's TREASURED Forests

    Alabama's TREASURED Forests

    Alabama’s TREASURED Forests A Publication of the Alabama Forestry Commission Summer 2011 Message from the STATE FORESTER n the heels of the devastation caused by the tornados this Governor Robert Bentley past April, a good portion of our state is in the process of Alabama Forestry Commission Orebuilding, restoring, even re-establishing Kenneth Real, Chairman roots in some cases. In this issue of Johnny McReynolds, Vice Chairman Alabama’s TREASURED Forests, we’re C. Irvin Eatman, Jr. highlighting recovery efforts and how the Randy Gilmore planting of trees can bring beauty, heal- Don Heath ing, and hope following such a horrific Melisa Love event. Jerry M. Smith It seems rather ironic that at this par- ticular time I should bring an issue to State Forester your attention that could result in signifi- Linda S. Casey cant increases in your reforestation costs. As State Forester and in keeping with the mission of the Alabama Forestry Commission, I need to make Assistant State Forester landowners, forestry service providers, forest industry, and other forest- Patrick Glass land stakeholders aware of certain upcoming U.S. Department of Labor rules that will impact the ability of landowners and others to cost-effec- Administrative Division Director tively reforest their property. Walter Cartwright The Department of Labor’s regulations change the methodology for calculating the prevailing wages paid H-2B “guest workers” and will Forest Operations Division Director result in reforestation cost increases of between 26 to 104 percent in Dan Jackson
  • XERISCAPING: a GREENING APPROACH for FACING WATER-SCARCITY in ARID CITIES the Case of Egypt

    XERISCAPING: a GREENING APPROACH for FACING WATER-SCARCITY in ARID CITIES the Case of Egypt

    XERISCAPING: A GREENING APPROACH FOR FACING WATER-SCARCITY IN ARID CITIES The case of Egypt Dr. Nezar A. kafafy Dr. Seham Haroon Department of Urban Design Faculty of Urban & Regional Planning, Cairo University Abstract There is no doubt that green spaces provide the urban environments with an important asset, however the water-scarcity issues that is facing many urban settlements, Egypt is one of these places that is not only suffering from the rareness of green spaces, but the water- scarcity issues as well, these issues have arose to the surface in the last several years forced the municipality's supply of these green spaces to decline dramatically. Xeriscaping is one of the methods that is used to challenge such scarcity, it is a method of gardening that doesn’t sacrifice beauty to conserve water, Xeriscaping (zer-i-scaping) is a water conservation technique that first originated in 1981 by the Denver water department. It is a 7 step landscaping method which aims at using drought-tolerant plants among a series of other steps to protect the environment. Water scarcity is a spreading phenomenon that affects all sectors of the community and threatens the sustainability of the resources. The “Water consumption versus water scarcity” reality in Egypt emphasizes the importance of following procedures for water conservation, and this could be tackled through a water-wise practice such as “Xeriscaping”. This paper summarizes the significance of Xeriscaping, its major characteristics; it aims at forming a framework which could be considered a counter measurement technique to mitigate the water scarcity phenomenon which is crippling the Egyptian economy.
  • 97 H.R.6011 Title: a Bill to Designate Certain Lands in the Bankhead National Forest, Alabama, As a Wilderness Area and to Incor

    97 H.R.6011 Title: a Bill to Designate Certain Lands in the Bankhead National Forest, Alabama, As a Wilderness Area and to Incor

    97 H.R.6011 Title: A bill to designate certain lands in the Bankhead National Forest, Alabama, as a wilderness area and to incorporate such wilderness area into the Sipsey Wilderness. Sponsor: Rep Flippo, Ronnie G. [AL-5] (introduced 3/31/1982) Cosponsors (3) Latest Major Action: 11/30/1982 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water. Hearings held. SUMMARY AS OF: 8/4/1982--Passed House amended. (There are 3 other summaries) (Measure passed House, amended, roll call #240 (349-59)) Alabama Wilderness Act of 1982 - Designates certain lands in the Talladega National Forest in Alabama as the Cheaha Wilderness. Designates certain lands in the Bankhead National Forest in Alabama as part of the Sipsey Wilderness. States that the RARE II final environmental impact statement (dated January 1979) shall not be subject to judicial review with respect to national forest system lands in Alabama. Provides that the second roadless area review and evaluation of national forest lands in Alabama shall be treated as an adequate consideration of their suitability for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System. Provides that areas not designated as wilderness by this Act or remaining in further planning need not be managed so as to protect their wilderness character pending revision of land management plans required by the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974. Prohibits the Department of Agriculture from conducting any further statewide roadless area review and evaluation of national forest lands in Alabama to determine their suitability as wilderness without express congressional authorization. MAJOR ACTIONS: 3/31/1982 Introduced in House 7/20/1982 Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
  • Xeriscaping: Creative Landscaping

    Xeriscaping: Creative Landscaping

    Xeriscaping: Creative Landscaping Fact Sheet No. 7.228 Gardening Series|Basics by C. Wilson, J.R. Feucht and Susan Carter* Xeriscaping (zer-i-skaping) is a word exposures can raise temperatures near the Quick Facts originally coined by a special task force of house and result in wasteful water runoff and the Denver Water Department, Associated increased temperatures. • Proper planning is the first Landscape Contractors of Colorado and step in landscaping to reduce Colorado State University to describe water use. landscaping with water conservation as a Slope of Property major objective. The derivation of the word Slope or grade is another consideration. • Steep slopes with south and is from the Greek “xeros,” meaning dry, and Steep slopes, especially those on south and west exposures require more scape meaning the pattern of the landscape – west exposures, waste water through runoff frequent irrigating to maintain thus, xeriscaping. and rapid water evaporation. A drought- the same plant cover as east The need for landscaping to conserve resistant ground cover can slow water loss or north slopes. water received new impetus following the and shade the soil. See fact sheet 7.230, • Terracing slopes reduces drought of 1977 throughout the western Xeriscaping: Ground Cover Plants, for states and the recognition that nearly 50 suggested ground covers. Strategically placed runoff. percent of the water used by the average trees can shade a severe exposure, creating • Limit irrigated bluegrass turf household is for turfgrass and landscape cooler soil with less evaporation. Terracing to small or heavily used areas. plantings. slopes helps save water by slowing runoff and Unfortunately, many homeowners have permitting more water to soak in.
  • Waterwise Gardening with Xeriscape by Lorraine Brooks (Maui CES) and Diane Moses (Honolulu Board of Water Supply)

    Waterwise Gardening with Xeriscape by Lorraine Brooks (Maui CES) and Diane Moses (Honolulu Board of Water Supply)

    Waterwise Gardening with Xeriscape By Lorraine Brooks (Maui CES) and Diane Moses (Honolulu Board of Water Supply) The state of Hawaii is experiencing drought that in some areas of the islands is considered extreme (http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/DM_state.htm?HI). Master Gardeners can help provide the gardening public with information on selecting planting material and adopting water conserving practices. Xeriscape comes from the Greek word xeros which means dry and scape in English (when used as a suffix) means “wide view of a particular type,” thus a drought tol- erant landscape is called a Xeriscape. Drought tolerant plants come to mind when people think about xeriscaping. However, xeriscaping can simply mean designing a garden or landscape to use water efficiently. In other words, your design may not be entirely comprised of drought tolerant plants. You may have plants with higher water requirements that are grouped together with other plants of similar needs. Honolulu Board of Water Supply Xeriscape Garden. Xeriscaping also encourages the "zoning of landscapes," Photo: Diane Moses which means clustering your turf, ground cover, shrubs, plants and trees according to their water needs — and according to how natural weather conditions affect each area of the landscape. These "microclimates" are affected by moisture, sun, shade, air movement, and heat. For example, reflected light from structures facing the area of most sun creates high temperatures and in- creases the loss of water from nearby plantings. Shade trees and ground covers strategically planted in these exposures reduce temperatures in the warm, dry season, yet allow sunlight to enter during the months of high rainfall.
  • Xeriscaping Factsheet

    Xeriscaping Factsheet

    Xeriscaping – It’s Not about Rocks Xeriscaping (pronounced zer-i-skaping ) is a word that gets mentioned quite often during days of drought and water shortages. When listening to, or engaging in conversations regarding this topic, it becomes Steps of Xeriscaping: obvious that this word – xeriscaping – or the concept of it can be a 1. Planning and Design source of confusion in some instances. Hopefully the following paragraphs will explain what xeriscaping truly means and hopefully 2. Soil Preparation eliminate some of the confusion. 3. Efficient Irrigation Xeriscaping is a word originally coined by the Denver Water 4. Mulch Department in the 1980’s to describe landscaping with water 5. Right Plant, Right Place - conservation as a major objective. The word is derived from the Greek Plant Zones “xeros” meaning dry, and landscaping – thus, xeriscaping. Xeriscaping is not a specific “look” or a particular group of plants; it is actually a 6. Practical Turf Area combination of seven gardening principles that maximizes water 7. Proper Maintenance efficiency while creating an attractive landscape at the same time. Here are the steps required to create a true xeriscape: Step #1: Planning and Design Planning is essential in creating a sustainable, attractive xeriscape. Take into consideration site characteristics that affect water use (i.e. slopes, exposures, micro-climates) and then design the area with these things in mind. Put it on paper. A scale drawing or diagram can go a long way in helping you to visualize what your xeriscape might look like. Group plants according to water use and take into account mature plant size.
  • Natural Resources

    Natural Resources

    Natural Heritage in the MSNHA The Highland Rim The Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area is located within the Highland Rim section of Alabama. The Highland Rim is the southernmost section of a series low plateaus that are part of the Appalachian Mountains. The Highland Rim is one of Alabama’s five physiographic regions, and is the smallest one, occupying about 7 percent of the state. The Tennessee River The Tennessee River is the largest tributary off the Ohio River. The river has been known by many names throughout its history. For example, it was known as the Cherokee River, because many Cherokee tribes had villages along the riverbank. The modern name of the river is derived from a Cherokee word tanasi, which means “river of the great bend.” The Tennessee River has many dams on it, most of them built in the 20th century by the Tennessee Valley Authority. Due to the creation of these dams, many lakes have formed off the river. One of these is Pickwick Lake, which stretches from Pickwick Landing Dam in Tennessee, to Wilson Dam in the Shoals area. Wilson Lake and Wheeler Lake are also located in the MSNHA. Additionally, Wilson Dam Bear Creek Lakes were created by four TVA constructed dams on Bear Creek and helps manage flood conditions and provides water to residents in North Alabama. Though man-made, these reservoirs have become havens for fish, birds, and plant life and have become an integral part of the natural heritage of North Alabama. The Muscle Shoals region began as port area for riverboats travelling the Tennessee River.
  • Xeriscape: a Guide to Developing a Water-Wise Landscape

    Xeriscape: a Guide to Developing a Water-Wise Landscape

    a guide to developing a water-wise landscape Cooperative Extension The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction........................................................................................................................................1 Step 1: Planning and Design ...........................................................................................................2 Begin With a Base Map .........................................................................................................2 Catalog Site Characteristics...................................................................................................2 Incorporate Shade Into the Design ........................................................................................3 Plan for Different Use Areas ..................................................................................................3 Establish Water-use Zones ....................................................................................................4 Develop a Master Plan...........................................................................................................5 Fit Plants to the Design..........................................................................................................6 Renovation of an Existing Landscape for Improved Water Conservation .............................6 Step 2: Soil Analysis.........................................................................................................................8