This deceptively simple guide uses a clever, step-by-step method to build a design plan from scratch. Design Your Own Landscaping reveals how the pros design and how to apply their principles, using mainly plants. Learn professional secrets, common mistakes, solid tips on creating the look you've always wanted, and practical advice on how to make hard choices. Chapters include "What Kind of Design Do I Want?", "How Do I Get Ideas?", "How Do I Use Color?" and "How Can I Make It All Low Maintenance?"

Chase Landre's methods work whether you're adding or updating a few garden beds or creating a completely new landscape. By the time youÕve finished Design Your Own Landscaping, YOU WILL HAVE A FINISHED DESIGN!

In this guide you will find:

• Over 900 ornamental plants commonly available in the Western United States
• Current botanical and family names
• A reference section with synonyms, common and alternative names
• Sunset Western Garden Book climate zones
• 100 indoor use plants
• Low watering and shade loving plants
• Average mature height and width of plants
• Growth rate, water requirements, and invasive habits of plants
• Foliage, flower and fruit descriptions, with seasonal variations
• Distinctive characteristics regarding foliage color and fragrance
• Edible and herbal use of plants
• Additional information regarding, espalier use, clipped hedges, multiple and standard trunks and more
• Specific categories that cover slope planting, plants that can be used to prevent erosion, fire risk and first resistant plants, deer resistant plants, suitability for planting under or around oaks
• Use Codes provided to assist in quickly locating the plant you need

Gardenforms Landscape Plant Guide is an ideal plant reference when designing and selecting plants for any landscape. This is a guide you will use again and again.