|
The Backyard Orchardist : A
Complete Guide to Growing Fruit Trees in the Home Garden by Stella
Otto |
 |
BUDDING Out All Over! Stella Otto knows her
fruit! She should with her experience. Book is jam packed (pun
intended) with a full 260 plus pages of sweet info that all of us who
are preparing for the year 2000 and beyond, those concerned with
permaculture, simple life, and sustainable food sources should have
Read more |
Click
Here for Price Check
|
|
101 Essential Tips: Bonsai
by Harry Tomlinson |
 |
A complete guide to the art of bonsai, from
design to pruning, wiring, propagating, and choosing the tree. Each
entry is accompanied by a full color photo of a superb specimen,
annotated to demonstrate key features. Includes a Dictionary of Trees
and Shrubs listing over 300 plants that can be made into bonsai. Over
400 photos..
Read more |
Click
Here for Price Check
|
|
Japanese Maples : Momiji and
Kaede by J. D. Vertrees, et al |
|
See
picture A complete guide to the
graceful Japanese maples This magnificent book was one of the first
Timber Press published, and it has remained popular because of its
authoritative treatment of its subject. The character, history,
taxonomy, nomenclature, culture, and propagation of these exquisite
trees are thoroughly discussed, followed by a complete...
Read more |
Click
Here for Price Check
|
|
The
Garden Design Book by Cheryl Merser, Garden Design Magazine (Editor) |
|
NO Better reference for landscaping! Regardless
if you live in Key West, San Diego, Seattle, International Falls or
New York City, Dirr's Manual of Woody Landscape Plants will help you
select, culture and successfully grow the correct plants for your
area. It is the single-greatest source of information on landscape
materials I have...
Read more |
Click
Here for Price Check
|
|
The
Pruning of Trees, Shrubs and Conifers by George E. Brown, John E.
Bryan |
|
A detailed guide to pruning
hundreds of trees and shrubs Now back in print, with an updated
nomenclature and a new foreword by John Bryan, this unique
encyclopedia details the best pruning methods for nearly 450 genera.
It covers not only the "how" of pruning, but the all important "when"
of pruning, which is overlooked in other books.... Read more |
|
Click
Here for Price Check |
|
|
Dirr's Hardy Trees and
Shrubs : An Illustrated Encyclopedia by Michael A. Dirr |
 |
Dirr, a horticulture professor at the University
of Georgia, has spent more than 25 years photographing trees and
shrubs. For this volume, 1,600 of his color photographs were used to
illustrate 500 species of U.S. northern trees and shrubs, suitable for
zones 3 to 8 of the U. S. Department of...
Read more |
Click
Here for Price Check
|
|
The Tree Identification Book
by George Wellington Dillingham Symonds |
 |
A visual guide Companion to the Shrub
Identification Book, a visual method based on photos, minimal text
needed. Sections on: Leaves, Flowers, Fruit, Twigs, Bark (all photos
refer to master pages), and master pages by species which include all
of these characteristics, plus common and scientific names, size,
range, of species native or common to the U.S. and most of Canada....
Read more |
Click
Here for Price Check
|
|
Palms
Throughout the World by David L. Jones, John Dransfield |
|
See
picture Describes the distribution,
biology, propagation, cultivation, and economic importance of 800
species of palms. Devotes more attention to the species that are most
commonly grown, whether for food, fiber, or decoration. Highly
illustrated, mostly with color photographs. Includes a glossary
without...
Read more |
Click
Here for Price Check
|
|
Conifers
: The Illustrated Encyclopedia (Two Volume Set) by D. M. Van Gelderen,
et al |
|
Although this set appears very accessible with
its many attractive color photographs, it is probably most useful for
those with some knowledge of the taxonomy and structure of conifers
gardeners, landscape designers, and nursery professionals. The first
volume begins with a short description of each...
Read more |
Click
Here for Price Check
|
| Shrub
Identification Book by George Symonds, A. W. Merwin (Photographer) |
|
See Picture The
visual method for the practical identification and recognition of
shrubs (and vines and groundcovers)--and an important supplement to
existing botanical methods. All of the 3,550 photos were made
specifically for use in this book and were taken either in the field
or of fresh material carefully...
Read more |
| Click
Here for Price Check
 |
|