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Waterwise Gardening - a book review

Waterwise Gardening: Everything You Need To Know About Efficient Watering to Grow a Healthy Yard by Richard Restuccia Published by Rizzoli, 2025 I would guess that watering is the major issue that most gardeners grapple with, especially novice gardeners. I know from working at the nursery that the majority of questions and issues we get stem from either watering too much or not watering enough.  Many people in our area have sprinkler systems and I'm sure that can be a good thing if used properly but I feel that they primarily keep the lawns green but fall short for landscape plants. Especially when it comes to trees and larger plants, the timing and amounts are not satisfactory for many plants. I often hear people say that their sprinklers are set to come on every day - yikes! And there are those who did not water because it "rained" when it actually drizzled.  The best thing to do in this situation is to have a xeric garden but that would mean sacrificing favorite plant...

Rudbeckia and Perilla

A nice combination!



Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy

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  1. Gorgeous! Is that Rudbeckia triloba?

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  2. Isn't Perilla also spelled w-e-e-d?

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  3. Scott, it is. Les, yes it behaves like one!

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  4. A great combo. Isn't it odd that I haven't gotten perilla to start here?

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  5. Love them both and together they're marvelous!

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  6. I love Perilla. Dark foliage that grows just about anywhere and easy to pull out if it travels to locations out of bounds. What's not to like?

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  7. I have mountains of the purple herb.

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  8. Wow, that is a gorgeous combination. Very nice!

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  9. I normally would not mix those two colors together. The tree sits back a good distance from the angel's trumpet. It was an accident!

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