Landscape Trees and Shrubs: Selection, Use and ManagementIllustrated with numerous drawings and photographs this book presents a horticultural overview of the main plant families of trees and shrubs from temperate regions that are cultivated in urban and rural landscape schemes. Most of the plants used come from a limited number of plant families and within these families, certain genera contribute very significantly. The largest chapter in the book describes 37 plant families according to their identification, functional use and management in landscape schemes. With this information readers will be able to assess the suitability of species and prepare planting designs for prevailing sites. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
1 Functional Uses of Vegetation in Urban and Rural Areas | 4 |
2 Ornamental Qualities of Trees and Shrubs | 12 |
3 Plant Identification an Introduction | 24 |
4 Plant Families | 33 |
5 Designing with Trees and Shrubs | 130 |
Glossary | 153 |
Appendices | 155 |
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Acer Aesculus Autumn colour bark beech berries Betula branches Britain and Ireland catkins Ceanothus Climbers Common name conifers Cornus Cotoneaster Crataegus cultivars cultivated deciduous Dublin early summer Escallonia Europe evergreen Fagus sylvatica fast-growing Fastigiata Fraxinus fruit FUNCTIONAL AND ORNAMENTAL gardens genera genus green Ground cover GROWING CONDITIONS grown GROWTH RATE hedge Ilex japonica landscape schemes Landscape Trees leaf leaves lobed long-lived Lonicera Lonicera nitida Malus MANAGEMENT maple maritime areas native nigra Olearia panicles Parkland tree parks PARTICULAR PLANTING SCHEMES Pendula petals pink pinnate Pinus PLANT ASSOCIATIONS Platanus Populus pruning Prunus Prunus laurocerasus Prunus serrulata pseudoplatanus Quercus racemes RATE AND LONGEVITY Rhododendron Rosaceae roses Salix scented SCHEMES OR PLANT seed Sequoiadendron shape shoots shrubbery shrubby shrubs situations Skimmia soil Sorbus species Specimen tree stamens stems street tree Table tall Taxus baccata Tilia trees and shrubs TYPES OF PLANTS urban Viburnum winter woodland WORLD DISTRIBUTION
Popular passages
Page 152 - McKay, H. (1997) Sensitivity of Broadleaved Trees to Desiccation and Rough Handling Between Lifting and Transplanting. Arboriculture Research and Information Note, Arboricultural Advisory and Information Service, Farnham, UK.
Page 152 - Tree establishment practice in towns and cities results from a European survey. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening 1, 83-96.