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400 Trees and Shrubs for Small Spaces How to Grow the Right Plant in the Right Place

Handbook / Manual Out of Print
By: Diana M Miller
216 pages, 150 colour photos, 21 b/w illustrations, 2 colour maps
Publisher: Timber Press
400 Trees and Shrubs for Small Spaces
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  • 400 Trees and Shrubs for Small Spaces ISBN: 9780881928754 Hardback Jun 2008 Out of Print #173553
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About this book

Trees and shrubs are a valuable asset to a garden bringing structure, shade, year-round interest and the all-important vertical dimension. However, choosing the right ones for small gardens is a fine art, and it's all too easy to end up with heavyweight shrubs overtaking the border, dysfunctional climbers, or trees outgrowing their designated spaces.

In this practical reference, woody-plant expert Diana Miller takes the anguish out of the process by recommending plants and cultivation techniques that excel in small garden spaces. Small gardens require careful planting, and the book starts by considering plants that fulfill a particular design function, such as trees that provide the right levels of shade for an underplanting of choice bulbs, columnar or weeping trees for very restricted spaces, and specimen shrubs that provide an effective foil for herbaceous perennials in a mixed border. Pruning, coppicing, topiary and container-planting restrict growth and are helpful techniques in the small garden armory. Useful too are scaled-down versions of favorite trees, such as Prunus 'Amanogawa', that take up less space, and create less shade, than other cherry trees.

At the heart of this book is a comprehensive plant directory that provides detailed descriptions, including full cultivation advice for over 400 top-performing trees and shrubs. Further advice on pruning, information on planting to encourage wildlife and handy lists that allow readers to search by color, height and other characteristics are invaluable. Color photographs complement the plant descriptions, aid identification and complete this practical plant reference.

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Biography

Diana Miller has been a horticultural botanist whose work with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) spans three decades. From 1979 she was Keeper of RHS Herbarium, where she developed and maintained the world's only herbarium dedicated to cultivated plants. She also served as Secretary for the Hardy Woody Plant Committee of the RHS and was a founding member and Secretary of the Horticultural Taxonomy Group. Over the years she has written, edited, and contributed to a range of horticultural publications, including "The Garden magazine" and a book on Pelargoniums (Batsford Press, 1996). Diana holds a BA in Botany from the University of Manchester and an MSc in Microbiology from Wellesley College. Recently retired from the RHS, she lives in Hampshire, England.
Handbook / Manual Out of Print
By: Diana M Miller
216 pages, 150 colour photos, 21 b/w illustrations, 2 colour maps
Publisher: Timber Press
Media reviews
Plenty of information and excellent color photographs throughout. ... As a gift to an improving gardener, it would be a valuable tool in developing a small garden.
- Kevin Croucher, BBC Gardens 20080901

"A first step toward choosing trees and shrubs that won't result in future pruning disasters or an overly gloomy garden."
- Valerie Easton, Seattle Times 20081012

"The scope of the book is broad ... and it is sure to delight the more adventurous gardeners among us."
- Ethel Fried, Manchester (CT) Journal Inquirer 20080927

"Miller aimed to 'introduce the wealth of trees and shrubs which could be grown in a smaller garden.' She did a commendable job. The book is filled with a wide variety of trees and shrubs - some well known, some rather obscure."
- Tom Torrance, Washington Gardener 20081101
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