Product Description

• Demonstrates how to frame outdoor living spaces by selecting the best foundation of trees, shrubs, and woody vines

• Popular encyclopedia format illustrates features, uses, siting, and care for 250 woody plant species

• Detailed how-to instructions for planting, pruning, maintenance, and pest control

• Describes how to select woody plants for purpose, site adaptability, ornamental aspects, and care required

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #112802 in Books
• Published on: 2004-01-20
• Released on: 2004-01-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Customer Reviews

detailed and useful
This is an excellent guide to selecting and planting trees and shrubs. It tells you the required climate and soil conditions, which trees and shrubs will grow in your area. It has a very detailed guide to pruning also. There are also some good suggestions for planning and designing your yard. I like how it refers to plants by the common names as well as the latin names; it makes it a lot easier to find what you're looking for. I'm no expert, but it seems pretty complete. It certainly covers all the trees and shrubs available at my local nurseries.

Complete Guide to Trees & Shrubs
This is not quite what I had hoped for in a guide to identifying different types of trees and shrubs, but it is still a useful reference. I find that the term "complete" is somewhat overstating the content of this publication.