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Willows: The Genus Salix

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Chris Newsholme really knows his stuff. This is the ultimate willow book including great information on propagation, planting and maintenance. This book has so many great species and varieties, I want to start collecting now. Although I don't produce my own compost to pot up my plants, I am sure a no-soil mix from the garden center will work.
This book has it all, from the background and history of willows, to the characteristics and the many different types of willows. I would have liked a hint as to the hardiness of the plants listed, but you can't have everything all in one great book.

This book reads like a textbook for a botanist seeking Ph.D.. There aren't more than a handful of pictures making it difficult to create a mental picture of the specific species - especially when the descriptions nearly match one another, barring a few highly technical terms. You don't need this book unless you are going to ask permission to splice two trademarked species into a new one, and it is otherwise not written descriptively or interestingly.