Product Description

The Timber Press Pocket Guide to Japanese Maples describes and illustrates 300 of the most widely available Japanese maples in North America and Europe. Along with basic information on cultivation and maintenance, it provides lists of trees for specific landscape uses, enabling gardeners to select the best trees for various garden conditions. Fifty newer cultivars are presented, including four outstanding trees that are expected to become very popular in the near future. The guide is a valuable complement to the 3rd edition of J. D. Vertrees' Japanese Maples (updated in 2001 by Peter Gregory). Its handy format makes it an ideal reference for taking to the nursery or garden center.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #42541 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-01
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780881927993
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From Booklist
With their finely notched, sometimes lacy leaves; sleek, stonelike bark; and vividly colored foliage in a rainbow of hues, Japanese maples deserve their reputation as garden showstoppers. With their magnificently wide spectrum of sizes, shapes, colors, and textures, they are among the most versatile of woody species. Focusing on the most common cultivars available throughout North America and Europe, this comprehensive guide contains general information on siting, planting, and maintenance, then devotes the majority of its pages to an alphabetical guide to 300 named cultivars, each accompanied by a close-up color photograph to aid in identification. Along with lists organized by landscape purpose (spring color, winter bark); location (full sun, partial shade); and size (bonsai to towering), this essential reference guide also presents tantalizing information about 50 new cultivars. Carol Haggas
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Review

"Japanese maples are deservedly popular plants for small or large gardens throughout the temperate world and no acerophile should be without this excellent work in his or her pocket when visiting garden centres or collections!"

About the Author
J. D. Vertrees (1915-1993) was probably the most knowledgeable grower of Japanese maples in his time, and amassed at Maplewood Nursery in southern Oregon the largest collection of Japanese maples in the United States.

Peter Gregory, retired manager at Westonbirt Arboretum in Gloucestershire, England, is the chairman and co-founder of the Maple Society and the editor of its journal. He has been involved with tree research, including maples, for more thsn five decades. He lives in the UK.

Customer Reviews

Excellent Resource for Acer Palmatum Lovers!!
This is an excellent companion, for any lover of Japanese Maples, to the Hardcover volume, "Japanese Maples" and it is transportable and can be used as a reference on the go. The descriptions and photos are spot on and it's organized by landscape purpose, location and size. It also includes 50 new cultivars. I would strongly recommend it.

Just the facts Jack
Pocket Guide to Japanese Maples is an excellent companion to the ultimate maple reference book entitled, Japanese Maples by J.Vertrees and Peter Gregory. I find this book to be well thought out and consolidated. It includes addition information as to cultivation and some newer cultivar. This book gives the reader the most important information quickly, easily and succinctly. I is a very welcome addition and most appreciated.

Handy for arborists and horticulturalists
Small brief and compact but very detailed synopsis of the about 300 cultivar. Useful for taking to the nursery or when you go to gardens with cultivar. Well illustrated and designed for quick reference.