Manual of Woody Landscape Plants: Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propagation and Uses |
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User Review - janetaileen - LibraryThingAs a horticulturist, this is my bible. The first place I go to find information about any woody landscape plant...which variety to use, exposure, culture, growth habit, size, possible diseases, etc. My treasured copy has been used for years and was signed by Michael Dirr after a hort lecture. Read full review
Manual of Woody Landscape Plants
User Review - phllgstr - Overstock.comThis is a must book for anyone serious about trees & bushes. The information is on a college levelextremely detailed. Line drawings of leavesno pictures. An invaluable tool. Read full review
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acid acuminate ADDlTlONAL NOTES Alternate apex Arnold Arboretum balled and burlapped bark beautiful beneath borne branches bright buds clone compact corymbs cultivars Cultivated CULTURE cuneate cymes dense diameter Dioecious DlSEASES AND lNSECTS drupe evergreen fall color FAMlLY fireblight flowers fragrant fruit FRUlT full sun garden glabrous glaucous glossy grayish green foliage green in summer greenish growing growth habit HABlT handsome HARDlNESS hardy height hybrid LANDSCAPE VALUE LEAF COLOR leaf spots leaflets lenticels lllinois lntroduced lobes lustrous dark green maturity Medium Minnesota Landscape Arboretum moist Monoecious NATlVE HABlTAT obovate ovate ovoid panicles pendulous petals petiole pink plant powdery mildew PROPAGATlON pruning pubescent purple purplish pyramidal racemes reddish brown RELATED SPEClES Rhododendron root rounded scales seed seedlings serrate shade shrub slender slightly SlZE softwood softwood cuttings soils species specimen spreading stamens STEM terminal TEXTURE transplanted upright usually Viburnum well-drained wide winter yellow yellowish Zone
Bibliographic information
| Title | Manual of Woody Landscape Plants: Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propagation and Uses |
| Author | Michael Dirr |
| Edition | 3, illustrated, revised |
| Publisher | Stipes Publishing Company, 1983 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | Jan 26, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0875632262, 9780875632261 |
| Length | 826 pages |
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