Product Description

Drawing on 30 years of experience & mingling a wealth of sensible advise with his own unbounded enthusiasm, John Cushnie suggests shrubs to accommodate all needs & guides the reader through choosing, planting & caring, including his personal favourites for every situation. A natural companion to his book 'Trees for the Garden'.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #694200 in Books
• Published on: 2004-09-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 224 pages

Irish Homes Magazine, Feb 05
Make sense of it all with John Cushnie's excellent Shrubs for the Garden, including a very helpful illustrated directory

From the Publisher
So, faced with all this variety, how does a gardener choose between them? Drawing on a lifetime’s experience as a gardener, and mingling his common-sense advice with his trademark enthusiasm, John Cushnie will match you with the perfect shrub! The book includes a beautifully illustrated directory of over 170 shrubs, advice on planting and caring for them. Marianne Majerus brings the plants to life with stunning photographs. Whether you are searching for scent, shape or shelter, glorious autumn colour, bright summer blooms or evergreens for year round interest, this is the book to consult.

About the Author
John Cushnie runs a landscape design and contracting company from County Down, Northern Ireland. He is gardening editor of Ireland's Homes Interior and Living magazine, a panellist on BBC Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time and a regular contributor to the Daily Telegraph. In addition to his own books he was recently a co-author of Gardeners' Question Time Plant Chooser (see page 64). He lectures widely throughout the British Isles.