Product Description: 9780881928235 Features: -Title: The Timber Press Encyclopedia of Flowering Shrubs. -Sub title: More Than 1500 Outstanding Garden Plants. -ISBN: 0881928232. -ISBN 13: 9780881928235. -General subject: Gardening. -Subject: Gardening / shrubs...read more

Product Description: With color foliage, flowers, bark and scent, shrubs are one of the most versatile and significant groups of plants for the gardener, and they come from all corners of the globe. This new book extols their virtues, and describes how to successfully design with them, grow and propagate them...read more

An updated edition of the author's definitive illustrated guide to pruning is a must-have for gardeners that is organized around common types of plants such as evergreen and deciduous shrubs, bamboos and tea roses, rhododendrons, camellia wisteria and other vines, and tree species from dogwoods to weeping cherries. Original.

Illustrated Guide to Pruning, second edition guides the reader through the appropriate training and pruning practices that are vital to developing sustainable structure in the first 25 years of a tree's life. It provides universal as well as species-specific pruning for such trees as palms, eucalyptus, and conifers and offers a variety of information about the challenges associated with pruning, including disease prevention. Numerous illustrations spanning a 20-year period identify how to develop good tree structure. This completely updated guide to pruning also provides a detailed protocol for training trees in a production wholesale nursery. Containing simple tables, lists and strategies, this text makes it easy to teach the presented pruning techniques in accordance with nationally recognized ANSI A-300 standards.

Product Description: Twenty-five species of the genus Paeonia are documented in these pages, including 40 subspecies and varieties. Also included herein is the closely related genus Glaucidium. With only two species, it will be of intense interest to peony fanciers...read more

Product Description: The sight of a wild landscape covered with heathers in full bloom is breathtaking, so it is little surprise that people have found ways of introducing these rewarding plants into their gardens. Here they excel, offering color in the drabbest months and a huge diversity of height, habit, and other valuable characteristics in return for modest cultural demands...read more

Product Description: The Month-By-Month series is the perfect companion to take the guesswork out of gardening. With this book, you'll know what to do each month to have gardening success all year. Written by authors in your state, the information is tailored to the issues that affect your garden the most...read more

This title focuses on the best plants for a wide variety of garden styles and habitats, enabling gardeners to achieve a balance between natural harmony and ornamental beauty. Profiling 65 native shrubs and trees for your garden, it gives the information you need to choose the most suitable.

Demonstrates the proper selection and care of trees and shrubs that will do well in the climate of the Great Lakes region and includes more than five hundred color photographs and information on pruning, optimal location, maturity, planting, pests, and diseases. Original.

A guide to choosing, planting and caring for all the most common flowering shrubs. Building on the 'Gem' format, this title should make a successful gardener out of an absolute beginner.

Product Description: With this beautiful book at your fingertips, you can select, plant and care for the trees and shrubs that suit the conditions present in your garden:* Detailed listings for 76 different species of trees and shrubs, along with information on more than 775 recommended varieties and cultivars best suited for Illinois gardens* Size, shape and growing zone* Notes on the best features of each species or variety* What tree or shrub to select for a specific location* How to plant, prune and propagate* Soil, moisture and sunlight requirements* Year-round maintenance* Tips for solving pest and disease problems* More than 560 photographs and illustrations...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)