John and Julie Barrie

 

This book provides a step by step process of matching plants to any set of garden and growing conditions from Antarctica to the Sahara and anything in between.  This allows plants to be selected that will thrive in any conditions with little or no additional water.

The process establishes any site or garden’s attributes (‘benchmarking’) against which the requirements of a desired plant can be considered.  Modifications to soil and water harvesting are explored throughout the selection process providing the potential for success with a wider range of species than would naturally grow at each site. 

The examples used are from winter rainfall areas of southern Australia but the selection principles apply anywhere. 

We are concerned that exotic plants with a ‘water wise’ pedigree are the very plants that pose a high feral threat.  References and further reading therefore have a very Australian flavor with emphasis on seeking the cultural requirements of our spectacular and often misunderstood native plants

 

 

Principle Contents:

The ‘Selec-Tool’ process

Benchmarking your site

Selection Example

‘Help Notes’

‘Further Considerations’

Landform and Vegetation Analysis

References, and dynamic web link