The Homeowner?s Complete Tree & Shrub Handbook: The Essential Guide to Choosing, Planting, and Maintaining Perfect Landscape Plants

Penelope O?Sullivan

ISBN 10: 1580175708 / ISBN 13: 9781580175708

Published by Workman Publishing, 2007

About this Item

Trees and shrubs bring structure to home landscapes, adding character and beauty to the entire property. They are essential to every beautiful yard, yet many homeowners do not give them the attention that flowers and lawns traditionally receive. In three sections - design, plant profiles, and care - this handbook covers tree and shrub gardening. Num Pages: 384 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: WMPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 254 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1473. . 2007. Illustrated. Paperback. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Homeowner?s Complete Tree & Shrub Handbook: The Essential Guide to Choosing, Planting, and Maintaining Perfect Landscape Plants
• Publisher: Workman Publishing
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1580175708
• ISBN 13: 9781580175708
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Trees and shrubs can bring regal silhouettes, delightful shade, and spectacular foliage to any home landscape. With detailed profiles of hundreds of tree and shrub varieties that include information on availability, size, hardiness, and special characteristics, Penelope O’Sullivan shows you how to use these plants to add structure and texture to your outdoor space. Create a vibrant landscape full of springtime blossoms, summer shade and fruits, autumn foliage, and winter evergreens. 

About the Author

Penelope O’Sullivan is the author of numerous gardening books and contributor to many magazines, including Country Gardens, Country Home, Traditional Home, and several Better Homes and Gardens special interest publications. She has a garden design business in New Hampshire.

Karen Bussolini is a garden photographer, writer, speaker and an eco-friendly garden coach. A lifelong hands-on organic gardener and lover of nature, she has been contributing articles and photographs informed both by her fine arts background and her immersion in ecological landscaping and native plants, for more than 30 years. Her work has appeared in publications such as The New York Times, Garden Design, House Beautiful, The American Gardener, Wildflower, and in hundreds of books. Her six books (as sole photographer) include Storey Publishing’s The Homeowner’s Complete Tree and Shrub Handbook, authored by Penelope O’Sullivan, The Naturescaping Workbook: A Step-by-Step Guide for Bringing Nature to Your Backyard, and Elegant Silvers, (which she co-authored), both published by Timber Press. Karen’s slide talks and workshops engage, inform and inspire audiences in venues across the nation. Closer to home, she gardens on a deer-infested mountainside in South Kent, CT. She puts her NOFA Organic Land Care Professional accreditation to work in her eco-friendly garden coaching practice, teaching homeowners sustainable garden practices and creating healthy yards that are resilient, full of life, diversity and delight. Find her online at karenbussolini.com.