shrubs

Salvia superba 'Violet Queen' - Meadow Sage 'Violet Queen'

Aquilegia vulgaris var. stellata 'Green Apples' - Green Apples Columbine

Gardener's Directory of Shrubs & Climbers (647 readers)

Contributed by amazon 31.05 2007 on 10:59:23 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

A practical guide to choosing the best shrubs and climbers, with over 250 stunning plant portraits | The book provides a wonderful visual reference source for choosing the best shrubs and climbers. Alphabetically organized, the guide serves as a quick reference for the best shrubs and climbers to grow in the garden according to all their various characteristics. ...

The Gardener's Guide to Planting and Growing Shrubs, Climbers & Trees (344 readers)

Contributed by amazon 29.01 2008 on 13:16:54 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Choosing, planting and caring for trees, conifers, palms, shrubs and climbers for ... Gardeners Guide to Planting and Growing | Shrubs, climbers and trees provide definition to our gardens, softening the hard landscaping with color, texture, and scent. These plants are the mainstay of the garden, providing height, structure, and permanence to the borders. ...

Winter-Flowering Shrubs (927 readers)

Contributed by amazon 12.04 2007 on 10:26:46 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Gardeners, plant collectors, horticulturists, and landscape designers will find a valuable resource in this carefully selected plant directory of best performing winter-flowering shrubs. Readers will find daphnes, viburnums, witch hazels, and camellias to suit every taste and garden situation, as well as information about how to help their choice winter-flowering shrubs flourish from November to March. ...

How to Grow Shrubs and Climbers (727 readers)

Contributed by amazon 25.10 2007 on 10:10:30 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

A comprehensive manual covering all aspects of the creative use of shrubs and climbers in the garden, from multi-season interest, to special effects, working with scent, and choosing colour schemes. ...

Great Flowering Landscape Shrubs (579 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.05 2007 on 09:30:24 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propagation and Uses | With stunning color photos throughout, this gardening guide describes more than 50 types of the best flowering shrubs and details their use in home landscaping. Shrubs are arranged by genus, separated into deciduous flowering and notable evergreen shrubs, and listed with the common name; size and shape; foliage color, shape, and texture; flower and fruit (if any); soil, nutrient, and light needs; pruning needs for ...

Variegated Trees and Shrubs (1149 readers)

Contributed by amazon 12.04 2007 on 10:40:40 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

The Illustrated Encyclopedia | Once the subject of snobbery and derision, variegated plants are now among the more sought-after and collected treasures of garden connoisseurs. Whether marbled, dotted, splashed, or veined, variegated foliage never fails to catch the eye and to add excitement whatever the flowering season. Variegated Trees and Shrubs (which includes woody ground covers and vines as well) fills an important gap in the literature and provides valuable information on selections that ...

The Pruning of Trees, Shrubs, and Conifers (602 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.05 2007 on 08:57:31 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

How, when, and where to prune? The questions that beset every gardener never change, but the solutions do. The Pruning of Trees, Shrubs and Conifers has always recommended the best possible pruning techniques and practices to gardeners. Now thoroughly revised and substantially expanded by Tony Kirkham, George Browns classic work will continue to be trusted and respected as the essential pruning reference for years to come. With more than 50 new photographs illustrating key pruning points, this m ...

The Pruning Specialist (521 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.05 2007 on 08:54:19 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

The Essential Guide to Caring for Shrubs, Trees, Climbers, Hedges, Conifers, Roses and Fruit Trees (Specialist Series) | Beautifully illustrated and encyclopedic in scope, this is the only guide you’ll ever need to become a pruning expert. It includes a vast wealth of information on trimming all types of plant life, from shrubs, trees, climbers and hedges to conifers, roses and fruit-bearing vegetation. You’ll also benefit from the special sections on working with arches, tunnels and topiary. ...

Landscape Trees and Shrubs (840 readers)

Contributed by amazon 20.04 2007 on 08:33:06 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Selection, Use and Management (Cabi Publishing) | This book presents a horticultural overview of the main plant families of trees and shrubs from temperate regions that are cultivated in urban and rural landscape schemes. Most of the plants used come from a limited number of plant families and within these families, certain genera contribute very significantly. The largest chapter in the book describes 37 plant families according to their identification, functional use and management in landscap ...

Weigela florida 'Victoria' - weigela (930 readers)

Contributed by havlis 27.05 2008 on 10:42:28 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's text

Weigelas are valuable garden shrubs that grow freely in almost any soil and require little maintenance. They are deciduous shrubs growing 1.5 – 2.0 tall and just a bit less wide. Leaves are ovate to oval. Bell or funnel shaped flowers come in many colours and appear at the end of spring / beginning of summer and sporadically towards the end of summer. ...

Plants for Tropical Landscapes (612 readers)

Contributed by amazon 07.05 2007 on 11:49:45 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

A Gardeners Guide | Plants for Tropical Landscapes will help you select and group plants to create a successful tropical garden tailored to your needs and tastes. Gardeners and landscapers will find this treasury of more than 500 common plants easy to use and one of the most comprehensive guides available today. ...

Hebes (1042 readers)

Contributed by amazon 02.04 2007 on 10:44:14 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

A Guide to Species, Hybrids and Allied Genera | The genus Hebe is a treasure trove of more than 100 species and subspecies of medium-sized to dwarf evergreen shrubs with outstanding ornamental features, both of flower and leaf. Native to New Zealand, these plants are grown in Australia, the western United States, the United Kingdom, and continental Europe. ...

Viburnums (429 readers)

Contributed by amazon 18.11 2007 on 12:43:12 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Flowering Shrubs for Every Season | With their abundance of flower, handsome foliage, robust constitution, and frequently stunning fruits, viburnums are among the most beautiful and versatile hardy shrubs available to gardeners. Yet despite these outstanding qualities, there has never been an entire volume devoted to them—until now. In this definitive, comprehensive, generously illustarted guide, internationally renowned woody plant expert Michael Dirr provides a wealth of information about ever ...

Witch Hazels (785 readers)

Contributed by amazon 12.04 2007 on 10:38:01 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Royal Horticultural Society Plant Collector Guide | Once discovered, witch hazels capture the hearts of gardeners who rank them among the best of all winter-flowering shrubs. Shrugging off several degrees of frost and a heavy weight of snow, their distinctive flowers held on bare branches cannot fail to light up a garden in the depths of winter. Yet, despite their attributes, only a small number are widely grown outside the gardens of enthusiasts. This book promises to change all that by turning ...

The Shrub Identification Book (1491 readers)

Contributed by amazon 19.05 2007 on 08:40:38 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

The Visual Method for the Practical Identification of Shrubs, Including Woody Vines and Ground Covers | The Visual Method for the Practical Identification and Recognition of Shrubs (and vines and ground covers) -- and an important supplement to existing botanical methods. ...

Rhododendron 'Azurro' (hardy hybrid) - rhododedron (1724 readers)

Contributed by havlis 18.11 2007 on 13:06:28 Topic: Plants / Evergreen Shrubs Match on Article's text

Rhododendrons are reliable, beautifully flowering, evergreen shrubs of variable origin: S.W. China, Himalayas, Northern America, and even Europe. The original species were hybridized several times for better performance so in the 1950´s there were more than 10,000 cultivars registered, and the number keeps increasing. ...

Hydrangeas (651 readers)

Contributed by amazon 08.06 2007 on 07:26:54 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Hydrangeas are one of the most popular flowering shrubs in the world. With many species native to North America and dozens of hardy hybrids developed over the years, there is an overwhelming range of plants to choose from. Here is practical, expert advice for the American gardener looking to add brilliant color and show-stopping blooms to a garden. ...

Dirr's Trees and Shrubs for Warm Climates (862 readers)

Contributed by amazon 13.04 2007 on 08:44:05 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

An Illustrated Encyclopedia | Following the phenomenal success of Dirrs Hardy Trees and Shrubs, written for gardeners in the climates of USDA zones 3–6, this companion volume is a superlative photographic encyclopedia of trees, shrubs, and vines for warm temperate zones. In North America, these areas (zones 7–11) stretch from the Mid-Atlantic states to the South, include most of Texas and the Southwest, and encompass the entire West Coast, up to western Canada. Many parts of the British Isles, A ...

Azalea japonica 'Snow' - Japanese azalea (1583 readers)

Contributed by havlis 08.04 2008 on 08:51:37 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's text

Japanese azaleas are very popular features of our gardens. In their home climate they grow to relatively substantial shrubs, as opposed to limited sizes in our continental, dry climate. Azaleas are very floriferous, maintenance-free shrubs that bloom from end April until end May. Snow is a pure white variety with large, scented flowers. It grows moderately fast into an irregular-shaped shrub. ...

Hydrangea quercifolia 'Little Honey' - Golden Oakleaf Hydrangea (1649 readers)

Contributed by amazon 02.11 2007 on 13:32:05 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's text

Little Honey Oakleaf Hydrangea ; Hydrangea is a fascinating genus of plants with remarkable diversity. It includes vines, shrubs, trees and semi-herbaceous plants, many with outstanding ornamental features. The Showiest Oakleaf Yet! Golden spring leaves, white blooms, scarlet fall foliage, and even bright red stems -- what DOESNT Little Honey have? The most beautiful and distinctive Oakleaf Hydrangea Ive ever had the pleasure of seeing, Little Honey adds a whole new look to this family of multi- ...