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Marfa Garden: The Wonders of Dry Desert Plants
Sinopsis :
Marfa Garden is a full-color celebration of more than sixty
flowering plants of the Chihuahuan Desert and neighboring
regions. Marfa, the internationally acclaimed arts and cultural
mecca in Far West Texas, sits squarely in the Chihuahuan
Desert&#8213Noth America&#8217second largest at 140,000
square miles spanning northern Mexico, West Texas, and
parts of New Mexico and Arizona. The desert is a surprising
showcase for colorful plant diversity. Presented in a style
reminiscent of naturalist Karl Blossfeldt&#8217Art Forms in
Nature, the book includes an array of vines, grasses, trees,
herbs, shrubs, cacti, and succulents ranging from the little
known to the popular to the iconic. Photographs show the
plants in year-round cycles, with buds, complex foliage,
unfolding blooms, seed pods, and winter texture and color.Also
included is a discussion of each plant&#8217common and
scientific names, historical information, garden use, USDA

classification, and other helpful details. A visual appendix of
detailed botanical and gardening information consists of
illustrations relating close-up botanical details.Everyday
gardeners, naturalists, landscape designers, architects, and
anyone interested in dry gardens or the Southwest will find
great value and joy in Marfa Garden.