Trees, Shrubs & Hedges for Your Home, 4th Edition: Secrets for Selection and Care (Creative Homeowner) Descriptions for Over 1,000 Native Plants - Design Your Landscape and Enhance Your Outdoor Space

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From the Back Cover Create and Keep a Stunning Landscape A comprehensive guide that will show you how to achieve a beautiful landscape that’s most suitable for your property, Trees, Shrubs & Hedges for Your Home, 2nd Edition also provides expert, need-to-know care tips to keep your plants healthy over time. With detailed profiles for over 1,000 of the best plants to grow that are low-maintenance, pest- and disease-resistant, and easily available, this book is the ultimate resource for deciding what to grow and how. This newly updated second edition focuses on native plants, as well as information on how your landscape selections combat climate change and the invasive shrubs and trees you shouldn’t plant. It also features updated plant names, recommendations for the latest gardening practices, clean green repellents that are environmentally conscious. Featuring complete instruction and inspiration to landscapes for four-season interest, color, and beauty, learn how to select and cultivate the best and harmonious plants with confidence! What’s Inside: - Over 1,000 complete plant profiles of trees, shrubs, and hedges - Detailed insight on landscape design, planning, selecting, and caring for plants - Common landscaping mistakes not to make, plus profiles of invasive species not to plant - Helpful diagrams and illustrations for sun paths, zone maps, root systems, and other topics - And so much more! Product Description All the guidance and inspiration you need to landscape for four-season interest, color, and beauty! Learn how to:Select plants that will improve your property's appearance and increase its valueCreate harmony in design with the relationships of color, scale, and textureSave money over the long term by selecting cultivars suitable for your environmental conditionsImprove soil and growing conditions while planting and transplanting with confidencePrune and shear plants for beauty and long lifeUpdated edition focuses on native plants, excludes invasive shrubs and trees, features updated plant names, and offers recommendations for the best gardening practices and clean green repellents that are environmentally consciousLandscape professionals regard trees, shrubs, and hedges as the "bones," or essential framework, of any landscape design. The trick is to select the best plants for your growing conditions—plants that also look good together.A comprehensive guide to landscape design for homeowners, Trees, Shrubs & Hedges for Your Home, 4th Edition, shows you how to do that and more, while also providing descriptions of over 1,000 of the best plants: "Best" because they're beautiful, low-maintenance, pest- and disease-resistant, and easily found at local nurseries and home centers.Full color throughout, this book clearly illustrates all procedures with over 550 color photos and 165 illustrations, provides recommended plants for your climate and soil conditions, explains how to enhance outdoor living spaces with plantings, and provides easy installation and care tips.This newly updated edition focuses on native plants and excludes invasive shrubs and trees. It also features updated plant names, as well as recommendations for the latest and best gardening practices and clean green repellents that are environmentally conscious. Featuring complete instruction and inspiration to landscapes for four-season interest, color, and beauty, inside these 248 pages, you'll learn how to select and cultivate the best and most harmonious plants with confidence!Technical Editor Mark Wolfe is a landscaping expert and a writer for HGTV. He has also freelanced for the DIY Network, Forbes Advisor, MSN, The Angle, Popular Science, BobVila (website), Dave's Garden, The Manual, RealClear Markets, Western News, and many more.No more guesswork—get the details and confidence you need to achieve a beautiful landscape, with Trees, Shrubs & Hedges for Your Home! Book Description Trees, Shrubs & Hedges for Your Home, 2nd Edition