The Firefly Encyclopedia of Trees and Shrubs

This beautifully illustrated plant encyclopedia gives comprehensive information on more than 8500 trees and shrubs from around the world. All of the well-loved favorites, such as camellias, roses, rhododendrons, oaks and pines are covered, as well as hundreds of lesser-known exotic plants.

Each entry details the plant origin, appearance, growth habit, flowering time, and cultivation requirements. Photographs include stunning full color shots of plants in their natural habitats plus close-ups of bark, leaf, fruit and flowers.

Canadian gardening expert Jennifer Bennett has contributed an extensive introduction that includes comprehensive information on trees and shrubs native to Canada and cultivation notes particular to the Canadian climate. Botanical classification, the uses of trees and shrubs by humans in culture, industry, and medicine, and forest types and diversity are some of the additional topics discussed.

For the first edition only, The Firefly Encyclopedia of Trees and Shrubs comes with a CD-ROM of the book contents. With information accessible by cross-reference, readers will find the CD-ROM particularly useful in garden planning and choosing plants for particular conditions.

Tony Rodd is a former Horticultural Botanist with the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney, Australia. His long-standing interest is the identification and classification of garden plants from all parts of the world. He has contributed numerous botanical articles to reference books, including The Australian Encyclopedia and Botanica. As well as writing and consulting, Tony manages a library of his own botanical photographs, a large number of which have been reproduced in books.

Jennifer Bennett, who lives in eastern Ontario, is the author of countless magazine articles and several books about gardening, including The New Northern Gardener and The Dryland Garden. She is the winner of a Gold Medal from the Science Writers Association of Canada and the Quill & Trowel award from the Garden Writers Association of America.