Home Gardener's Trees & Shrubs is the essential guide to selecting, planting, improving and maintaining trees and shrubs in the garden. No matter what the type of garden or outdoor space, trees and shrubs are usually featured. This is because they are so versatile. Depending on the species chosen, shrubs and trees can form the background to a garden, be a focal point or add height to an overlooked garden. Whatever your garden needs, a tree or shrub...

Gardiner has distilled the knowledge of several decades to come up with an incomparable pictorial reference of hardy flowering shrubs that excel in temperate-zone gardens.

Un libro ilustrado en el que encontrará todo lo que necesita saber sobre las diferentes especies que se pueden ver habitualmente en jardines, parques y avenidas del sur de Europa. Toda la información sobre su origen, hábitat, morfología y cultivo, que comprende consejos sobre el tipo de suelo más adecuado, cómo realizar la poda y el trasplante, plagas y enfermedades más frecuentes, etc. Además, la obra incluye unas valiosas tablas donde se...

Si le gustan las plantas tapizantes y las coníferas enanas, en este libro encontrará las nociones fundamentales para escoger las mejores plantas y utilizarlas en parterres y borduras. Una guía práctica para aplicar los cuidados de cultivo que estas plantas necesitan: la plantación, los riegos, las fertilizaciones, las podas... Una serie de útiles consejos para el diseño y la disposición de las plantas en los jardines. Todas las sugerencias...

For gardeners lucky enough to live in the subtropical and tropical zones, here are 83 shrubs they can count on to display beautiful flowers and/or colorful, interesting leaves. Stunning color photos and practical advice make this book an inspiration as well as a how-to manual for those who want their gardens to put on a tropical show throughout the year. Learn how to use shrubs in garden design for hedges, borders, screens, bank covers, mass plantings,...

"Pot-Pourri from a Surrey Garden" is a classic guide to gardening, dealing with a range of subjects interspersed with reflections and observations from an expert gardener. Divided into seasons, it aims to provide the readers with details and instructions on exactly what they should do and consider at different times of the year, with repeated reference to traditional English gardens and gardening. This wonderful handbook is highly recommended for...

Turn now to the art of pruning shrubs. Watching Ms. Myers demonstrate in the field and the studio, you'll learn the best times to prune different types of shrubs; different pruning methods, including thinning cuts and rejuvenation pruning; why shearing isn't always the best option for shrubs; and answers to commonly asked pruning questions.