Product Description: With both expert and novice gardeners in mind, this series provides the background information, general characteristics, planting, and care information for various flowers, trees, shrubs, and fruits and vegetables. Tables listing the most popular species, with seasonal guides indicating when to plant and when to harvest, are provided, and soil quality, drainage, disease, sun and shade, and general troubleshooting are also addressed...read more

More than 350 species of trees commonly encountered in North America can be easily recognized at a glance using this illustrated field identification guide, which features more than one thousand annotated illustrations of trees, their foliage, seeds, buds, and more, along with information on habitat, identification keys, climate, and species traits and history. Original. 10,000 first printing.

Product Description: Packed with photographs, paintings, and easy-to-understand descriptive text, the Easy Tree Guide is a handy, portable and comprehensive aid to swift and accurate identification in the field--sure to be a welcome addition to every backpack and home library.

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Product Description: Beginning by setting out alternatives and explaining how to start on the design, this is a guide to the various aspects of designing a garden. It is a revised edition of "The Hillier Book of Garden Planning and Planting", which was published in 1988...read more

Product Description: An introduction to designing a garden and choosing the trees and shrubs that will determine its form and colour. The first in a series this book comprises four of the Wisley Handbooks - vols one and two of "Plants for Small Gardens", "Trees for Small Gardens" and "Shrubs for Small Gardens"...read more

Examines different types of forests and looks at the evolution, characteristics, life cycles, structure, growth, and economic and commercial uses of trees

Illustrations, text, and symbols aid the gardener and naturalist in identifying common trees of North America and Europe during any season