Taylor's Guide To Shrubs - Softcover

Taylor, Norman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0395430933 ISBN 13: 9780395430934

Publisher: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY, 1987

Synopsis

Shrubs provide the bones of the landscape. They are versatile, useful, and beautiful. They mark boundaries, create barriers, deter animals, frame views, and block eyesores. Shrubs can promote privacy, offer a welcome to guests, or act as a background in a border. As ground covers, they can control erosion or act as an attractive, low-maintenance alternative to lawns. In their all-season versatility, they provide flowers and fragrance, colorful foliage, berries for the birds, and green color in winter. Because shrubs are not throwaway plants, it's all the more important to buy the right shrub for the right place. Too many gardeners have had the experience of putting in a neat little shrub and watching it grow to be a window-blocking monster. With this expert guide, readers will buy the right shrub in the first place and learn how to keep it looking its best.

About this title

About the Author:

Gordon DeWolf served as Horticulturist at the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University and is a frequent contributor to Horticulture magazine.

Review:

"Taylor's Guides are the best, most authoritative guides on the market." (Garden Design)

About this edition

• Publisher: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0395430933
• ISBN 13: 9780395430934
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 480