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Cotoneaster salicifolius FRANCH. (cotoneaster)

German: ZwergmispelCzech: skalník vrbolistý
Genus:  CotoneasterFamily:  Rosaceae,
Mature Height: 3.00 mDeciduous:  evergreen plant
Bloom in:    VI, Flower Colour:    white
Soil Preferred:  penetrability, Light Required:  full sunpart shade
Other Attributes:  evergreen shrub, squarrose form, alternate leaves, lanceolate, fruit - pome, group plant, solitaire,
Photo: Cotoneaster salicifolius, cotoneaster, Cotoneaster
 Cotoneaster salicifolius   cotoneaster flowers
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 Cotoneaster salicifolius   cotoneaster leaves back face
Cotoneaster salicifolius
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 Cotoneaster salicifolius   cotoneaster leaves
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ARTICLES cotoneaster, salicifolius, PHOTO GALLERY cotoneaster, salicifolius, INDEX OF ARTICLES: COT...
External links:
Michigan State University Extension: Cotoneaster salicifolius --Willowleaf Cotoneaster
NC State University: Ground Covers: Cotoneaster salicifolius
USDA PLANTS: Cotoneaster salicifolius (cotoneaster)
USDA PLANTS: PLANTS Profile for Cotoneaster salicifolius var. floccosus ...

Conifers for Gardens: An Illustrated Encyclopedia

Richard L. Bitner,
Product Description: Conifers for Gardens is intended to take away the element of uncertainty when you're choosing a plant that may alter your yard for years to come. Profusely illustrated with more than 1,500 crisp photographs and brimming with concise descriptions of both species and their numerous cultivars, this meticulously researched reference provides information - including size, appearance, hardiness, preferred growing conditions and susceptibility to pests and diseases - for almost every hardy conifer you're likely to encounter in the trade, whether it's a tried-and-true favorite or a connoisseur's treasure. So if you've ever been torn between, say, 'Golden Mop', 'Lemon Thread', and 'Sungold' sawara-cypresses, relax - choosing and identifying conifers just got a whole lot easier.
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated (2007-06-01)
Price: $59.95

Timber Press Pocket Guide to Japanese Maples (Timber Press Pocket Guides)

J. D. Vertrees, Peter Gregory,
Product Description: The Timber Press Pocket Guide to Japanese Maples describes and illustrates 300 of the most widely available Japanese maples in North America and Europe. Along with basic information on cultivation and maintenance, it provides lists of trees for specific landscape uses, enabling gardeners to select the best trees for various garden conditions. Fifty newer cultivars are presented, including four outstanding trees that are expected to become very popular in the near future. The guide is a valuable complement to the 3rd edition of J. D. Vertrees' Japanese Maples (updated in 2001 by Peter Gregory). Its handy format makes it an ideal reference for taking to the nursery or garden center.
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated (2007-04-01)
Price: $19.95

The American Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest

Rick Darke,
Product Description: North America's eastern half, roughly from the Midwest to the Atlantic, was once a great deciduous forest. Although centuries of human intervention have cleared much of the land, the timeless forest remains in the spirit of the place. Today, even the shortest period of human neglect allows for the resurgence of the process of forest creation. The greatest gardens --- and happiest gardeners --- in this area will be those that take into account the nature of the land.In his unique, and often thought-provoking new book, award-winning author Darke promotes and stunningly illustrates a garden aesthetic based on the strengths and opportunities of the woodland, including play of light, sound, and scent; seasonal drama; and the architectural interest of woody plants. While written from a compelling and fresh perspective, The American Woodland Garden never strays from the realistic concerns of the everyday gardener. Information on planting, soils, and maintenance provides a firm foundation for horticultural accomplishment. An alphabetical list of woodland plants offers useful advice for every garden, emphasizing native trees, shrubs, vines, ferns, grasses, sedges, and flowering perennials that fit the forest aesthetic. More than 700 of the author's stunning photographs show both the natural palette of plants in the wild and the effects that can be achieved with them in garden settings. Many of the most striking photos in the book were taken at classic gardens that are paragons of an ecological style. The American Woodland Garden is a clarion call to a new awareness of our relationship to the natural world. This book will take its rightful place among the classic works that have influenced our concept of the American landscape.
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated (2002-08-01)
Price: $49.95

How to Build Treehouses, Huts and Forts

David Stiles,
Product Description:
A treehouse is a wonderful idea, but how in the name of creation do you actually build one? In this delightfully illustrated handbook, David Stiles, the unofficial world grandmaster of the treehouse, shows how.

Not assuming anything about the treehouse builder, Stiles starts with the basics: how to nail, how to buy wood, what kind of screws and nails to use.

Then it's on to an A-frame design so simple that it can be built in a weekend out of four sheets of plywood, followed by lean-tos, a tree hut, and a Tarzan-style jungle hideaway. There are also forts of every description, including a 21-foot-tall lookout tower modeled on one George Washington built to keep an eye on the redcoats.

Stiles also adds a design for a snowball catapult, an igloo and even a Nerf-loaded cannon.

Written for children, with an adult peeking over their shoulder, Stiles's TREEHOUSES, HUTS, & FORTS is a dreamer's handbook, offering practical results.

Publisher: The Lyons Press (2003-11-01)
Price: $14.95

Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines: A Guide to Using, Growing, and Propagating North American Woody Plants

William Cullina,
Product Description: For gardeners, for landscape professionals, and for anyone who cares about preserving the natural world, NATIVE TREES, SHRIBS, AND VINES is the first national guide to using, growing, and propagating North American woody plants.
Written in lively, informative language and illustrated with more than two hundred photographs, William Cullina's book is a comprehensive reference to almost one thousand native woody plants. An invaluable guide for naturalists, restorationists, nursery owners, landscape architects, and designers as well as gardeners, it points out that ecological gardening offers specific benefits to the individual as well as the environment. Even more than wildflowers, native trees, shrubs, and vines are essential to providing the food and shelter that attract birds and insects to the garden. And plants that are native to an area are far easier to grow and maintain than ordinary cultivated garden plants.
The author's acclaimed companion volume on wildflowers, GROWING AND PROPAGATING WILDFLOWERS, was called "an inspired effort, beautifully written and loaded with useful information" by Robert G. Breunig, director of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Along with that volume, NATIVE TREES, SHRUBS, AND VINES provides a definitive reference to the native plants of the temperate North American continent. And because Cullina writes from personal experience with the plants in his books, he offers information that is considerably more helpful (and more interesting) than the facts one finds in most plant references.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (2002-06-12)
Price: $40.00
Translation
Ing. Hana Vymazalová
Garden Designer