Bestselling encyclopedia with photographs. Describes the best woody plants adapted to cooler climates, more than 500 species, and 700 additional cultivars and varieties - Timber Press

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #166705 in Books
• Published on: 1997-10-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 494 pages

Synopsis
"Visually beautiful, with over 1,600 color photographs of woody plants that bring the text to life, this volume is destined to become a standard reference source for gardening and botany. Entries are arranged alphabetically by scientific name and describe the habitat, foliage, flower, fruit, availability from commercial sources, and landscape use o

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Customer Reviews

The Best Tree & Shrub Book Available Worldwide
I am a director of Cedar Nursery in Chichester, West Sussex. I have worked in horticulture for 12 years now and have read probably all of the tree and shrub books available. This is by far the best, showing you close up's of flowers, autumn colour, what the tree looks like with no foliage, pictures of mature specimens. It is expensive but if you are planning to landscape your garden then the cost of the book is a fraction of what you will spend and an essential guide.

This is a great reference book !
I purchased this book for a reference book .. I use it to find trees and plants suitable for my climate . The illustrations are excellent giving both spring and fall photographs . It seems very helpful to me seeing what a tree or shrub looks like . After all apperance is most of a tree or shrub that I look for ... If you enjoy planting and watching things grow I deffinately recomend this book as a referance ...

A pictoral & literary masterpiece re: trees and shrubs
The book is invaluable to the experienced nurseryperson and is also extraordinarily interesting to the home gardener.

As a landscape designer I could not exist without it as a reference. It's written (and photographed) by someone who's "been there, seen that" in a heart fealt, knowledge-filled language.

I would suggest to the author & publisher 2 changes: If the "critical data/information" - zones, maturity height, etc. - were treated in smaller type ie. different from the editorial text, more space could be provided for Dirr's wonderful insight on each plant. Also, since I'm fairly new at the Latin terminology of plants, a phonetic descriptor for each of the Latin names, small and underneath each, would be very helpful.

Take nothing away, this book could easily be priced over $100 and I bet they would sell just as many. I'd still buy it.