Isabel Zucker: Flowering Shrubs and Small Trees

Flowering Shrubs and Small Trees is an extensive catalog of the many varieties of blossoming shrubs, complete with tips on the best ways to care for these unique plants. Writing for professional and home gardeners alike, Isabel Zucker explored nurseries and major botanical gardens around the world and worked with hundreds of shrub varieties personally. The results of her experience and painstaking research form the basis of this comprehensive volume. Derek Fell, Zucker's successor as chairman of the National Garden Bureau and one of the most widely published garden photographers and writers in the world, has revised and updated the original text, adding new varieties and an extensive listing of shrub sources.
In Part I, the authors discuss the many ways that shrubs can be used, from ground coverings to hedges. In Part II, they provide complete information on planting and maintaining shrubs. And in Part III, they offer details on buying and propagating the many different kinds of flowering shrubs. In Part IV, Zucker and Fell describe more than six hundred shrub and small-tree species and cultivars, including height, color, fruit, and growing conditions. And to ensure accurate identification, all Latin, common, and catalog names are also included.