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Crataegus laevigata (Poiret) DC. (English hawthorn)

Synonym: oxyacantha,
German: Zweigriffeliger WeissdornCzech: hloh obecný
Genus:  CrataegusFamily:  Rosaceae,
Mature Height: 6.00 mDeciduous:  deciduous plant
Bloom in:    V, VI, insignificant, Flower Colour:    whitepink
Soil Preferred:  humic, penetrability, Light Required:  full sunpart shade
Other Attributes:  deciduous tree, round form, alternate leaves, ovate, obovate, leaf margin serrate, leaf margin lobed, fruit - pome, group plant, clipped hedge, herbaceous plant, tolerance of air pollution,
Photo: Crataegus laevigata, English hawthorn, Crataegus
 Crataegus laevigata   English hawthorn fruits
Crataegus laevigata
English hawthorn
fruits
Plants of Genus Crataegus:

Index:
ARTICLES crataegus, english, hawthorn, laevigata, PHOTO GALLERY crataegus, english, hawthorn, laevigata, INDEX OF ARTICLES: CRA...
External links:
Michigan State University Extension: Crataegus laevigata --English Hawthorn
USDA PLANTS: Crataegus laevigata (smooth hawthorn)
WIKIPEDIA: Crataegus laevigata

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 Shrub Identification Book: The Visual Method for the Practical Identification of Shrubs, Including Woody Vines and Ground Covers

George W. Symonds,
Product Description:

The Visual Method for the Practical Identification and Recognition of Shrubs (and vines and ground covers) -- and an important supplement to existing botanical methods.

The book is in two parts: Pictorial Keys and Master Pages. The Keys are designed for easy visual comparison of details which look alike, narrowing the identification of a shrub to one of a small group -- the family or genus.

Then, in the Master Pages, the species of the shrub is determined, with similar details placed together to highlight differences within the family group, thus eliminating all other possibilities. The details of laurel blossoms on this plate are an example and are followed in the book by details of laurel fruit, leaves, and bark.

All of the 3,550 photographs were made specifically for use in this book and were taken either in the field or of fresh material carefully selected from the more than 20,000 specimens collected. Wherever possible, details such as leaves, fruit, twigs, etc., appear in actual size; otherwise, similar details are reproduced in the same scale.


Publisher: William Morrow (1973-02-01)
Price: $22.00

How to Make a Forest Garden

Patrick Whitefield,
Product Description: A forest garden is a food-producing garden, based on the model of a natural woodland or forest. It is made up of fruit and nut trees, fruit bushes, perennial vegetables and herbs. It can be tailored to fit any space, from a tiny urban back yard to a large rural garden.
A close copy of a natural ecosystem, it is perhaps the most ecologically friendly way of gardening open to us.
It is also a low-maintenance way of gardening. Once established there is none of the digging, sowing, planting out and hoeing of the conventional kitchen garden. The main task is picking up the produce!
This highly practical, yet inspiring book gives you everything you need to know in order to create a beautiful and productive forest garden,

including:
* Basic principles
* Layout
* How to choose plants
* Details of over one hundred plants, from apples to mushrooms
* the most comprehensive account of perennial and self-seeding vegetables in print
* A step-by-step guide to creating your garden
* Full details of an example garden, and pictures of many more
Forest gardening is an important element of permaculture. This book explains in detail permaculture design for temperate climates and contains much of interest for anybody wanting to introduce sustainable practices into their garden.
Publisher: Permanent Publications (2002-06-22)
Price: $29.95

Native Trees of the Southeast

L. Katherine Kirkman, Claud L. Brown, Donald Joseph Leopold,
Product Description: The diversity of woody plants in the Southeast is unparalleled in North America. Native Trees of the Southeast is a practical, compact field guide for the identification of the more than 225 trees native to the region, from the Carolinas and eastern Tennessee south through Georgia into northern Florida and west through Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas into eastern Texas. For confident identification, nearly 600 photographs, close to 500 of them in color, illustrate leaves, flowers and fruits or cones, bark, and twigs with buds. Full descriptions are accompanied by keys for plants in both summer and winter condition, as well as over 200 range maps. Crucial differences between plants that may be mistaken for each other are discussed.
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated (2007-06-04)
Price: $34.95

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
Translation
Ing. Hana Vymazalová
Garden Designer