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Serving as an ideal companion to Dirr's Hardy Trees and Shrubs (above), this classic manual offers thorough information on the woody trees and shrubs used in landscaping. Aside from each plant's physical description, there's also an elaboration of hardiness, growth rate, culture, diseases and insects, landscape value, cultivars, and propagation.
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  • Paperback: 1007 pages
  • Publisher: Stipes Publishing, LLC; 4th edition (September 1990)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0875633447
  • ISBN-13: 978-0875633442
  • Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 1.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.5 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (64 customer reviews)
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facer plant, flower bud hardy, fireblight susceptibility, elm disease resistance, diameter drupe, grayish lenticels, medium disease resistance, occasional tip dieback, lustrous dark green, exfoliating character, lustrous rich green, months warm followed, stomatic lines, displays excellent salt tolerance, mature landscape size, medium green summer foliage, broad cuneate, scab susceptibility, flower bud hardiness, diameter cymes, staminate yellow, vertical lenticels, diameter corymbs, sand under mist, handsome clone
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82 of 83 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Gold, November 21, 2000
By James R. Mccall (Libertyville, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Manual of Woody Landscape Plants: Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propagation and Uses (Paperback)
About nine years ago I coughed up the (considerable) sum for the 1990 edition of this book (Dirr puts out a new edition every few years) because, upon casually perusing it, I saw that it covered some plants that I was interested in, and no other book in the store did.

Well. It languished for a while, but when I started getting interested in horticultural plantings (my own and those I encountered on my walks) I started delving into it. Before too long I found a strange thing: this book seems to know everything about horticultural trees and bushes--certainly everything that I was interested in, living first in southern Wisconsin, then northern Kentucky, and finally northern Illinois.

It finally dawned on me that this was the reference work I had always wanted. Even when I (very rarely!) thought it didn't cover a plant, it usually did anyway (perhaps making short shrift of it in a slightly different spot). As with any other great tool, learning to use it is an iterative process: the more you learn, the better you use it, and so learn yet more.

So if you are a plant person, just buy this book, rather than half-a-dozen half-baked horticultural "theme" books. You get a great reference, and as a real bonus, you get Michael Dirr's enthusiasm and planterly asides enlivening the text. (And the paperback version is also sturdy and usable.) Put it next to your dictionary, so it's within easy reach. You'll need it.

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71 of 72 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars NO Better reference for landscaping!, August 25, 1999
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This review is from: Manual of Woody Landscape Plants : Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propagation and Uses (Hardcover)
Regardless if you live in Key West, San Diego, Seattle, International Falls or New York City, Dirr's Manual of Woody Landscape Plants will help you select, culture and successfully grow the correct plants for your area. It is the single-greatest source of information on landscape materials I have ever seen. Thousands of varieties are also listed. For pictures, check out Dirr's Hardy Trees & Shrubs, but to get educated, you've GOT to get your hands on this one!
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars On my short list of best horticultural references, May 17, 2002
This review is from: Manual of Woody Landscape Plants: Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propagation and Uses (Paperback)
I have a lot of reference books covering landscaping, plant propagation, identification, and disease problems. Dr. Dirr has done a fantastic job of compiling all of this information (and a few welcome opinions) for a couple thousand landscape plants into one consise work.

When I have a question, this book is usually my first stop. Information on common species is very comprehensive. However lesser used landscape plants are covered in an abbreviated manner, which sometimes forces me to find other resources (which are not difficult to locate thanks to the large number of cited references).

The indexes of both common and scientific names make this sizable volume easy to navigate and usable. The glossary and sections on morphology and identification are handy, espically for beginners or those of us who have been out of college for a while! Additionally, the thoughtful layout and readable type size make this manual more usable than other similar books I have encountered.

Dr. Dirr has created an excellent volume which is on my short list of horticultural reference works.

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