This is an illustrated guide to varieties, cultivation and care, with step-by-step instructions and over 170 inspirational photographs. It contains everything you need to know about choosing, growing and pruning small ornamental trees, with planting ideas for using them in mixed borders, in woodland, as specimen plants and in containers. It includes a full photographic directory of more than 60 trees, such as Japanese maple, willow, cherry, crab apple, dogwood, hornbeam, magnolia, citrus, bay and holly. For each tree, full botanical information is given on its origin, height, spread, appearance and season of interest. Small trees are the architectural backbone of a garden, blessed with striking foliage, beautiful flowers and strong structural form. Whether you want the delicate beauty of spring blossom or a splash of bright autumn hue, there is a wide range of small ornamental trees to choose from. With practical advice on buying, planting, maintenance, pruning and propagation, this guide shows you how to introduce this versatile group of plants into your garden. An illustrated directory covers all the best trees to try, including those with pretty berries, interesting stems and bark, or those that attract wildlife. The book shows that a tree will lend style to any garden, no matter how small.

One of the handiest and most widely used identification aids. Fruit key covers 120 deciduous and evergreen species; twig key 160 deciduous species. Easily used. Over 300 photographs. "Students in the field...with hands full of twigs can get accurate identifications faster with these guides than with any of the many teacher's mimeographed ones . this book should prove useful for many years to come!"-Phytologia.

THE MUST- HAVE NATIVE WOODY PLANT BOOK for Eastern United States homeowners, designers, contractors, nurseries, and students * Discover the wonders of gardening with native plants in Native Woody Landscape and Restoration Plants of the Eastern United States by expert, Michael L. Dorn. * Choose from 85 native trees, shrubs, and vines to incorporate into YOUR landscape. * Create woodland gardens, restore stream banks or wetlands, stabilize shorelines, construct buffers, enhance habitat, and more. * Dorn's 246 color photographs show beautifully, the physical characteristics of each plant. * Reference charts help you locate specific plants for particular purposes. * Native Woody Landscape and Restoration Plants of the Eastern United States is the most valuable native plant reference guide available today.

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

Finally, a hydrangea book for the Northern gardener which answers the age-old question, "How do I get my hydrangeas to bloom?" Author Tim Boebel has come up with a proven method for getting blooms on macrophylla and serrata hydrangeas grown in the colder climates. Loaded with full-color photographs, this book details over a hundred cultivars and what they need to explode into bloom in the North.

Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

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"After a short discussion of climate issues in America, William Kenrick's 1842 book provides a history and description of the types of fruits and their varieties available to be grown in America, with instructions for their cultivation."

George Jaques's work from 1849 offers a wealth of useful information on the types of fruits that can be grown in the interior sections of New England as well as their cultivation and management.