by Joyce Fingerut & Rex Murfitt
The authoritative guide to creating and planting wonderful alpine troughs. These elegant containers are treasured by alpine gardeners, and can be made at home with a lightweight concrete-based material called hypertufa.  Hypertufa troughs are weatherproof and make the perfect environment for evocative miniature gardens.  Sedums and succulents, alpines and dwarf evergreens are some of the plants that can be showcased in trough gardens.  Authors Joyce Fingerut, much in demand for her trough-building workshops, and Rex Murfitt, alpine gardening authority, present specialized information on making and planting successful troughs in a readable manner.  Includes photographs, drawings, a plant lexicon, sample planting plans, resource lists, bibliography, subject index and plant index.  Hardcover, 164 pp, 1999.