This photo gallery of the best maples for garden use is a complement both to Maples of the World and to J. D. Vertrees's Japanese Maples, since more than a third of the book is devoted to Acer palmatum, including many new and unusual cultivars. The photographs, taken in locations in seven countries, demonstrate the wonderful diversity of form, color, and size that makes maples so useful in gardens of every kind.
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This new encyclopedia is intended as a photographic companion volume to van Gelderen's Maples of the World (Timber, 1994), which provided detailed botanical and horticultural information for maples worldwide and included a 70-page bibliography. Maples for Gardens, however, stands perfectly well on its own as a reference for gardeners and horticulturists. The authors operate a large family nursery in Boskoop, Holland, that includes an extensive maple collection called the Aceretum. More than 80 species are illustrated and briefly described here, along with numerous subspecies, cultivars, and hybridsAabout 500 different maples in all. The volume overflows with nearly 700 color photographs and includes three helpful appendixes: where to see maples in arboretums, gardens, and parks in the United States, Britain, and Europe; listings of maples by particular application, such as for parks and streets, large gardens, and small gardens as well as rare species for connoisseurs and varieties with attractive bark or exceptional fall color; and hardiness zone maps for Europe and North America. Recommended for both public and academic libraries.AWilliam H. Wiese, Iowa State Univ. Lib., Ames
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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"The fern community went for many years with the little useful horticultural reference ... Now we have Rickard's 'The Plantfinder's Guide to Garden Ferns,' a visual delight and a valuable, up-to-date resource. I wouldn't be without it."
—Sue Olsen, American Gardener, January/February 2001 (American Gardener )
"Maples for Gardens fills its pages with what most dirt-under-the-nails gardeners truly need: basic identification, cultural requirements, and most importantly, color images."
—Dan Hinkley, Pacific Horticulture, Spring 2000 (Pacific Horticulture )
"The quality of the photography is generally excellent ... An outstanding reference, highly recommended for horticulturists and others interested in landscape gardening."
—Choice, March 2000 (Choice )
—Sue Olsen, American Gardener, January/February 2001 (American Gardener )
"Maples for Gardens fills its pages with what most dirt-under-the-nails gardeners truly need: basic identification, cultural requirements, and most importantly, color images."
—Dan Hinkley, Pacific Horticulture, Spring 2000 (Pacific Horticulture )
"The quality of the photography is generally excellent ... An outstanding reference, highly recommended for horticulturists and others interested in landscape gardening."
—Choice, March 2000 (Choice )
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75 of 75 people found the following review helpful:
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Tons of good info./ pics for maples and Japanese maples!!,
By Julie Yamamoto (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Maples for Gardens: A Color Encyclopedia (Hardcover)
I was looking for a good reference book on maples and Japanese maples, and was seriously considering both this one and Vertrees' book on Japanese maples. However, since this book included both types of maples, I considered it to be the better value. Also, this book has 683 color photos, and one third of the book is dedicated to Japanese maples, while Vertrees has 250 color photos and is dedicated only to Japanese maples. I still may buy Vertrees book as well, but if you are trying to choose between them, I'd go with this one. I spent many pleasurable hours just thumbing through the descriptions and gorgeous photos of maples.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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The only book on maples you'll ever need,
By Kate Smart "Private" (Private) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Maples for Gardens: A Color Encyclopedia (Hardcover)
What a refief. After perusing at least twenty books on maple trees, I came across this gem. It is hands-down the most extensively researched book on the subject I've ever come across. There are hundreds of pictures which are extremely useful; many books will give only 4 or 5 pictures for an entire species. It contains an exhausting amount of information that proved invaluable in making my decision about which acer to plant. Once I discovered this book, my research days were over.
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Color choices, complete growth patterns and more information than the casual gardener can cope with make this an excellent reference.
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Maples are entrancing trees, with the ability to fascinate many more people than have already been enraptured. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
slowly growing shrub, strongly growing shrub, hyrcanum subsp, producing milky sap, shichi henge, monspessulanum subsp, palm atum, pectinatum subsp, branched shrubby tree, koto hime, nutlets round, opalus subsp, color fresh green, maple collections, few similar forms, cappadocicum subsp, fall color yellow, treelike shrub, small corymbs, similar cultivars, pink variegation, botanical entity, densely branched shrub, leaves dark purple, pink variegated Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Origin Japanese, July Acer, Award of Garden Merit, Westonbirt Arboretum, Herkenrode Gardens, June Acer, Savill Gardens, Fratelli Gilardelli, Section Palmata, Valley Gardens Acer, May Acer, North America, Award of Merit, October Acer, United States, April Acer, Foliage Gardens, Ferdinand Albin Pax, Arboretum Belmonte Acer, Esveld Aceretum, Gen'ichi Koidzumi, Fritz Graf von Schwerin, Olsen Acer, Corallinum Group, Roseomarginatum Group New!
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Maples are entrancing trees, with the ability to fascinate many more people than have already been enraptured. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
slowly growing shrub, strongly growing shrub, hyrcanum subsp, producing milky sap, shichi henge, monspessulanum subsp, palm atum, pectinatum subsp, branched shrubby tree, koto hime, nutlets round, opalus subsp, color fresh green, maple collections, few similar forms, cappadocicum subsp, fall color yellow, treelike shrub, small corymbs, similar cultivars, pink variegation, botanical entity, densely branched shrub, leaves dark purple, pink variegated Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Origin Japanese, July Acer, Award of Garden Merit, Westonbirt Arboretum, Herkenrode Gardens, June Acer, Savill Gardens, Fratelli Gilardelli, Section Palmata, Valley Gardens Acer, May Acer, North America, Award of Merit, October Acer, United States, April Acer, Foliage Gardens, Ferdinand Albin Pax, Arboretum Belmonte Acer, Esveld Aceretum, Gen'ichi Koidzumi, Fritz Graf von Schwerin, Olsen Acer, Corallinum Group, Roseomarginatum Group New!
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- Maples of the World by D. M. van Gelderen on 5 pages
- Index of Garden Plants: The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary (Rhs) by Mark Griffiths in Back Matter
- Trees & Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles (Volume I: A-C) by W.J. Bean in Back Matter
- Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles by W. J. Bean in Back Matter
- Japanese Maples: Momiji and Kaede by J. D. Vertrees in Back Matter, and Back Flap
- The Gardener's Guide to Growing Maples by James Harris in Back Matter
- Magnolias: A Gardener's Guide by Jim Gardiner in Back Flap
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