Information on gardening on limestone, alkaline clay, and caliche soils with suggestions for lime-loving and heat-tolerant trees, shrubs, roses, annuals, and gardens that will attract wildlife.

The Southern Gardener's Book of Lists, a sourcebook and workbook in one, has all the answers. With more than 200 lists of plants grouped by their horticultural characteristics and uses in the garden, this is the one-of-a-kind guide to spending less time and money on your garden. Veteran gardener and best-selling author Lois Trigg Chaplin recommends hundreds of plants for hundreds of uses, noting the specific Southern regions they grow in and sharing helpful hints and insights. Other special features include the tips, suggestions, and anecdotes of gardeners, nurserymen, designers, and horticulturists from across the South.

An indispensable resource to all manner of flowers, fruits, vegetables, trees, and grasses, this collection of lists provide expert-tested recommendations for the plants best suited to Texas's unusual extremes. The gardening guidance provided applies to the entire state, including plants adapted to the wide diversity of climates and soil types.

Gardening on chalk and limestone can be frustrating. This book explains how to overcome the limitations of alkaline soils to create a beautiful garden in harmony with your environment and the local geology. Topics covered include how to test your soil; the plants that flourish on alkaline soils; how to improve the soil; trees, shrubs, climbers, roses, bulbs, herbaceous plants, and food; herbs and wildflower gardening; and checklists for suitable and unsuitable plants.