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Hypertufa Containers: Creating and Planting an Alpine Trough Garden Paperback - 2018

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Author: Lori Chips
ISBN: 9781604697063

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From the publisher

"A complete guide to designing, making and planting hypertufa troughs."--North American Rock Garden Society

Hypertufa containers--also known as troughs--are rustic, striking, versatile, and perfect for small, Alpine plants. A mix of cement, perlite, peat, and water, they are simple and affordable to make at home. In Hypertufa Containers, Lori Chips details everything you need to know to make your own troughs and successfully garden in them. This hardworking book includes step-by-step instructions and color photography for making hypertufa containers in a variety of shapes and sizes. Plant portraits include growing and cultivation information, along with potting tips.

From the rear cover

Hypertufa containers--made from a mix of cement, perlite, peat, and water--are rustic, versatile, and a charming addition to every garden. In this easy-to-use guide, Lori Chips, longtime alpine manager at Oliver Nurseries, shows how to make your own hypertufa troughs at home. Create myriad shapes and sizes, design and plant tiny landscapes, and discover a world of plants well suited to these rocklike containers. Hypertufa Containers provides everything you need to craft beautiful alpine troughs for a truly one-of-a-kind garden.

Details

Title Hypertufa Containers: Creating and Planting an Alpine Trough Garden
Author Lori Chips
Binding Paperback
Pages 224
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Timber Press (OR)
Publication date 2018-07-31
Illustrated Yes
Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
ISBN 9781604697063 / 1604697067
Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
Dimensions 9.1 x 8 x 0.9 in (23.11 x 20.32 x 2.29 cm)
Category Gardening / Horticulture
Library of Congress subjects Container gardening, Alpine garden plants
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2018011957
Dewey Decimal Code 635.986

About the author

Lori Chips is the alpine manager at Oliver Nurseries in Connecticut, pressing the boundaries in the art and science of trough making and planting. She writes for the North American Rock Garden Society, has judged at the Philadelphia Flower Show, and is the recipient of the Carleton R. Worth Award for horticultural writing.

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