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The Homeowner's Complete Tree & Shrub Handbook: The Essential Guide to Choosing, Planting, and Maintaining Perfect Landscape Plants
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Product Description Trees and shrubs can bring regal silhouettes, delightful shade, and spectacular foliage to any home landscape. With detailed profiles of hundreds of tree and shrub varieties that include information on availability, size, hardiness, and special characteristics, Penelope O’Sullivan shows you how to use these plants to add structure and texture to your outdoor space. Create a vibrant landscape full of springtime blossoms, summer shade and fruits, autumn foliage, and winter evergreens. Review It's always hard to find exactly what you want in plant identification books. Not enough detailed photos, no mention of common problems, not enough emphasis on the best cultivars or plant sizes. The Homeowner's Complete Tree & Shrub Handbook: The Essential Guide to Choosing, Planting, and Maintaining Perfect Landscape Plants by Penelope O'Sullivan (Storey Publishing, 2007) solves a lot of those problems. The introductory section discusses how to use plants in the landscape, then moves on to choosing the right plant for the right place, with excellent lists of trees and shrubs for sun & shade, wet & dry soils, etc. In addition, the author has lists you seldom see elsewhere: top choices for standout barks, colorful evergreens, unusual textures, striking silhoutettes. Another section on plant care covers major diseases, pollution-tolerant plants and also planting, pruning, and rejuvenating shrubs. Each entry in the A to Z list of trees and shrubs has a general plant description, an excellent section on landscape use, followed by "Designer's Choice" -- a listing of the best cultivars on the market. Photographs by Karen Bussolini would be quite helpful in identification. “A LANDSCAPER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA. Here's the big, thick book on everything you want to know about trees and shrubs.” St. Petersburg Times “Most gardeners are practical people who need a lot of information on a lot of issues. That’s why I really like this down-to-earth 416-page rundown on the ambitious topic of trees and shrubs.” Harrisburg Patriot-News “The real jewel of this volume is the extensive A-Z directory of nearly 350 trees and shrubs, many offering more than on season of interest. There is even a handy pronunciation guide for every plant name.” Library Journal “This book looks great, a true encyclopedia on trees and shrubs and how to select and care for them.” The Journal-News “…an all-inclusive guide to choosing, planting, and caring for these wonderful woody plants.” The Journal Inquirer (Manchester, Conn.) “This handbook is a source of inspiration and seasoned advice for making sound choices from the start and maintaining your plants as they develop and grow.” Lexington Herald-Leader “One problem with garden books that try to say too much about everything is that they often end up saying too little about anything. Happily, this is not the case with The Homeowner’s Complete Tree & Shrub Handbook by garden designer and author Penelope O’Sullivan.” The American Gardener From the Back Cover Four-Season Drama for Every Yard Trees and shrubs frame your property and add a sense of structure to the ever-changing environment of your yard. This comprehensive guide explains the principles and practicalities of bringing magnificent woody plants to every landscape. Learn to use basic landscape design theories to select trees and shrubs that complement your property. Answer a detailed questionnaire to identify trees and shrubs that suit your needs and preferences. Enjoy spring flowers, summer fruits, fall foliage, and winter's bare branches with four-season design suggestions. Shop and plant with assurance, choosing woodies from nurseries, home and garden centers, and mail-order sources. Find everything you need to know—from planting tips to maintenance advice—to keep plants healthy and happy. Browse profiles of 357 reliable trees and shrubs. Each entry features how best to use the plant in your landscape, along with
