Growing Conifers: The Complete Illustrated Gardening and Landscaping Guide
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- Synopsis
- Evergreen your landscape with the beauty and benefits of conifers Growing Conifers is a beautifully photographed, comprehensive gardening guide for selecting and cultivating conifers. Coverage includes:Conifer taxonomy, classification, and geographic distributionSelecting conifers for size, shape, color, and textureBest practices for placement and planting of trees, shrubs, and groundcovers in urban and rural gardensGrowing needs and low-input maintenanceBuilding healthy soil, minimizing water stress, and integrated pest managementBenefits of conifers including habitat, water and air quality, carbon sequestration, aesthetics, and food.Conifers are often overlooked in gardening and landscaping in favor of deciduous trees and shrubs. Yet conifers come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and colors and offer tremendous aesthetic and ecological benefits for any garden.Growing Conifers is an essential, comprehensive resource for gardeners and landscape professionals looking to develop beautiful, sustainable landscapes.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------New Society Publishers is an activist, solutions-oriented publisher focused on publishing books to build a more just and sustainable future. They pride themselves on holding the highest environmental standards of any publisher in North America. In 2002, they committed to printing all their books (including their full color books) on uncoated 100% post-consumer recycled paper, processed chlorine-free, with low-VOC vegetable-based inks. In doing so, the Growing Conifers' print run alone saved 66 fully grown trees, 5300 gallons of water, and 28,000 lbs of greenhouse gases. When you buy New Society Publishers' books, you are part of the solution!
- Copyright:
- 2021
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 225 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781771423458
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780865719569
- Publisher:
- New Society Publishers
- Date of Addition:
- 02/20/25
- Copyrighted By:
- John J. Albers
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Home and Garden, Outdoors and Nature
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.