Woodland Garden: Planting in Harmony with Nature (Revised)

Title: Woodland Garden: Planting in Harmony with Nature (Revised)
Author: R Forster
ISBN: 9781552977446
Publisher: Firefly Books
Published: 2004
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Condition: Used: Very Good
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Publisher Description:

Updated and revised.

This book is both a valuable reference and a practical how-to guide to hundreds of plant species suited for cultivation beneath a canopy of mature trees. Here is all the information needed to get started: design, plant selection, planting and maintenance. These principles can be applied anywhere in North America in any size garden, from large estate to a cramped city lot.

This revised edition of The Woodland Garden features new, beautiful color images throughout, a larger format and more text.

An authoritative guide for gardeners and landscape designers, this edition focuses on:

• Designing the woodland garden
• Building the woodland garden
• The canopy, plus a list of woodland trees
• The understory, plus a list of woodland shrubs
• Plants of the woodland floor
• Climbing plants
• Planting, pruning and maintenance

The authors list their favorite plants with detailed descriptions of the best woodland garden performers including lilies and rhododendrons. Practical information is provided for soil characteristics, adapting a property, working with a new site and converting an old garden. There are sections on fragrance, water, rocks, pathways, scale and unity, how to analyze a site and much more.

Helpful tips throughout offer useful advice gleaned from the authors' decades of collective experience: dealing with weeds and pests, preparing the land, watering, mulching and propagation.