Taylor's Guide to Trees: The Definitive, Easy-To-Use Guide to 200 of the Garden's Most Important Plants

by Susan A. Roth

Trees are the most important, most expensive, and ideally the most permanent plants in a home landscape. Because planting the wrong tree in the wrong place can create serious problems, selecting the right tree is the most important choice a gardener can make. This definitive, handy reference for gardeners, homeowners, and horticultural professionals features

* 200 genera and 350 species of shade trees, ornamentals, and conifers, both deciduous and evergreen

* The best selections for spring bloom, fall color, showy fruit, ornamental bark, and disease resistance

* Trees that will thrive in the hottest and coldest regions of North America

* Full-color identification photos to take with you to the nursery

* Illustrated instructions on proper pruning, planting, and growing techniques.

408 pages, Paperback

First published May 24, 2001

Reviews

[Steven McKay · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was very important to me when I was just beginning to learn my landscape plants and first thinking about gardening. It contains most of the trees one is likely to encounter in planted landscapes in most of the US. A very good introductory book.