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Shrubs are the backbone of the garden. Chosen wisely, they will do more for your landscape than any other kind of plant. Chosen carelessly, they can be expensive mistakes. In this handy new TAYLOR'S GUIDE, you'll find the most-sought-after cultivars, offering better flowers, unusual foliage, colorful berries, improved disease tolerance, or compact size and shape for small gardens. Here you can choose the perfect shrubs
- to give you privacy and screen out unattractive views
- to act as a beautiful focal point or enhance a mixed border
- to control erosion or create a ground cover that needs no mowing
- for difficult situations such as windy seashores, droughty shade, and wet areas
And for every plant in this authoritative book, you'll find detailed how-to-grow information.
- to give you privacy and screen out unattractive views
- to act as a beautiful focal point or enhance a mixed border
- to control erosion or create a ground cover that needs no mowing
- for difficult situations such as windy seashores, droughty shade, and wet areas
And for every plant in this authoritative book, you'll find detailed how-to-grow information.
About the Author
Kathleen Fisher is author of Taylor's Guide to Shrubs from Houghton Mifflin.
Frances Tenenbaum is the author of several garden books and the editor of the Taylor's Guide series at Houghton Mifflin.
Frances Tenenbaum is the author of several garden books and the editor of the Taylor's Guide series at Houghton Mifflin.
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Shrubs are the most versatile plants we can grow in our gardens. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
midspring flowers, semihard cuttings, semiripe cuttings, propagate from softwood cuttings, stratified seeds, white spring flowers, shade organic, genus encompasses, arching shoots, upright panicles, flowered shoots, part shade, evergreen hybrid, yellow spring flowers, minimal pruning, shrub border, commonly grown species, tall ground cover, prune lightly, becoming leggy, suckering shrub, witch hazel family, colorful fall foliage, full sun, pealike flowers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, North America, East Asia, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, South America, Gold Medal, Northern Hemisphere, Central America, North Africa, New England, American Arborvitae, Tartarian Dogwood, Toiofeet Full, Alder-leaved Serviceberry, Asia Midwest, Big-leaf Hydrangea, Bumald Spirea, Buttercup Winter Hazel, Chinese Fringetree, Chinese Hibiscus, Common Bearberry, Common Bottlebrush, Devil's Walking Stick, Doublefile Viburnum, Hinoki False Cypress New!
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Shrubs are the most versatile plants we can grow in our gardens. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
midspring flowers, semihard cuttings, semiripe cuttings, propagate from softwood cuttings, stratified seeds, white spring flowers, shade organic, genus encompasses, arching shoots, upright panicles, flowered shoots, part shade, evergreen hybrid, yellow spring flowers, minimal pruning, shrub border, commonly grown species, tall ground cover, prune lightly, becoming leggy, suckering shrub, witch hazel family, colorful fall foliage, full sun, pealike flowers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, North America, East Asia, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, South America, Gold Medal, Northern Hemisphere, Central America, North Africa, New England, American Arborvitae, Tartarian Dogwood, Toiofeet Full, Alder-leaved Serviceberry, Asia Midwest, Big-leaf Hydrangea, Bumald Spirea, Buttercup Winter Hazel, Chinese Fringetree, Chinese Hibiscus, Common Bearberry, Common Bottlebrush, Devil's Walking Stick, Doublefile Viburnum, Hinoki False Cypress New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The American West (Our World Wallcharts) by Robin May on page 402
- Down Under by Peter James on page 330
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