This volume reveals the extraordinarily rich diversity of trees, shrubs,lowering plants and cacti that will flourish in regions where summers areot and dry, and the winters mild and wet. There are descriptions of morehan 300 plants, most of them readily obtainable: Chinaberry trees withragrant lilac flowers in spring, dark green twisted carobs, and beautifuled-flowered climbing lilies. Many of the subjects are illustrated in colourhotographs. Coded information at the start of each entry should enableardeners to make the best choices when confronted with the bewildering arrayf plants on offer.;Hugh Latymer also offers a variety of garden designs,lways encouraging imaginative solutions. He draws on 20 years of gardeningxperience on the island of Mallorca.