Set to bloom on November 5
MARFA — A field guide to more than a 100 plants of the Chihuahuan Desert Nature and gardening enthusiasts have reason to celebrate this fall as the highly anticipated edition of Marfa Garden: A Field Guide to Plants of the Chihuahuan Desert is set to hit bookshelves on November 5.
This compact field guide, a companion to the lavishly illustrated coffee table book Marfa Garden: The Wonders of Dry Desert Plants, offers readers an intimate look at more than hundred flowering plants native to North America’s largest hot desert. The guide is authored by Jim Fissel, Jim Martinez, Mary Lou Saxon and Martha Hughes and published by Trinity University Press.
The Chihuahuan Desert, spanning northern Mexico, West Texas, and parts of New Mexico and Arizona, comes to life through stunning photography that captures plants in their year-round cycles. Key features of the new edition include comprehensive coverage of more than 100 Chihuahuan Desert plants, photographs showcasing plants through every season, detailed botanical information for each species, practical gardening tips and USDA classifications, dedicated space for personal gardening notes and a visual appendix with close-up botanical illustrations.
Whether you’re an everyday gardener, a naturalist, a landscape designer, or simply someone with an interest in dry gardens or the Southwest, Marfa Garden: A Field Guide to Plants of the Chihuahuan Desert promises to be an essential and joyful addition to your library. The book will be available for purchase at local bookstores and online retailers starting November 5. Paperback copies cost $29.95.
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