Planting a tree in your yard is probably the most important gardening decision you can make. If well chosen, these trees become monuments, permanent structures of beauty, and sources of enjoyment for us and for generations to come. Selecting, planting, and maintaining trees is well within reach with experts from ten leading gardens to guide you.
Here is what you'll find in the most complete and user-friendly handbook to tree gardening ever devised:
* Plant Selector. Select from more than one hundred genera of common and rare varieties of trees, and read remarkably detailed information on how to grow them-including evergreens, palms, choice conifers such as umbrella pine, bril liant Japanese maples, birches, and willows for small gardens.
* Garden Design: Place trees throughout your garden with respect to color, scale, shape, and texture. Information is included on the spacing of trees and under tree plantings, along with examples of design errors. Special attention is given to integrating trees into your garden.
Plus climate analysis... winter protection. a brief lesson in botany... dozens of step-by-step instructional photographs trees for dry climates... trees for cold climates... using small spaces... overview of special conditions basic and advanced gardening procedures... the newest plants on the market.... "Viewpoints," where gardeners respond to frequently asked questions... more than three hundred full-color photographs... carefully verified source lists.... sample site plans... and much more!