Trees Shrubs Hedges For Your Home 4th Edition

Trees, Shrubs & Hedges for Your Home, 4th Edition is a comprehensive guide to landscape design that also provides descriptions for over 1,000 beautiful plants that are low-maintenance, pest- and disease-resistant, and easily available at local nurseries and home centers. This newly updated edition focuses on native plants and excludes invasive shrubs and trees. It also features updated plant names, as well as recommendations for the latest and best gardening practices, clean green repellents that are environmentally conscious. Featuring instruction and inspiration to landscapes for four-season interest, color, and beauty, learn how to select and cultivate the best and harmonious plants with confidence!

Landscape professionals regard trees, shrubs, and hedges as the essential framework of any landscape design. The trick is to select the best plants for your growing conditions and plants that also look good together. Trees, Shrubs & Hedges for Your Home, 4th Edition is a comprehensive guide that will show you how to achieve a beautiful landscape, while also providing descriptions for over 1,000 of the best plants that are beautiful, low-maintenance, pest- and disease-resistant, and easily available at local nurseries and home centers. This newly updated edition focuses on native plants and excludes invasive shrubs and trees. It also features updated plant names, as well as recommendations for the latest and best gardening practices, clean green repellents that are environmentally conscious. Featuring complete instruction and inspiration to landscapes for four-season interest, color, and beauty, learn how to select and cultivate the best and harmonious plants with confidence!

Discover endless home landscaping ideas and outdoor DIY projects in this must-have landscaping book! Mid-Atlantic Home Landscaping, 4th Edition features inspiring ideas for making your home landscape more attractive and functional. Featuring 200 of the best native plants that thrive in the Mid-Atlantic region, also included are step-by-step instructions for building paths, patios, walls, fences, arbors, trellises, and other structures. New to this edition is up-to-date information on eco-friendly plant selections, guidance on avoiding invasive plants and how to identify regional species, details on impervious versus porous paved surfaces, why stormwater runoff matters, permaculture, and more!

Recommends plans for your climate and soil conditions, and explains how plantings enhance your outdoor living spaces.

·A complete guide to landscaping specifically within the Midwest region (United States: IA, IL, IN, MI, MN, MO, OH, WI), and southern Ontario, Canada ·Features 46 designs created by landscape professionals that consider the unique climate and environment of the Midwest -featuring creative solutions for front entries, foundation plantings, patios, steep slopes, and much more ·Detailed descriptions of more than 200 plants picked for your region, plus all you need to know to plant and maintain them ·Step-by-step instructions for building structures, such as paths, patios, ponds, walls, fences, arbors, and trellises ·New updated edition includes guidance on native planting while also listing banned, noxious, or invasive plants, updated information on permaculture, the impact of climate change, a new section on integrated plant management, an updated USDA Plant Hardiness Zone map, and more

· A complete guide to landscaping specifically within the southern coastal region (states: AL, FL, LA, MS, TX) · Features 38 designs created by landscape professionals that consider the unique climate and environment of salty air and high winds · Offers creative solutions for front entries, foundation plantings, patios, steep slopes, and more · Detailed descriptions of more than 160 native plants picked to thrive in the coastal environment, including many low-water-use and salt-tolerant plants · Step-by-step instructions for building structures, such as paths, patios, ponds, walls, and trellises · New updated edition includes guidance on native planting and which noxious, banned, or invasive species to avoid, plus information on permaculture, the impact of climate change, and more

Northeast Home Landscaping, 4th Edition shows how to beautify 27 common landscape situations. Featuring 54 design variations that incorporate more than 200 of the best plants for the region, readers will also learn all they need to know to install the paths, fences, walls, arbors, and trellises that make up the landscaping designs. Step-by-step instructions are provided for each project, and detailed plant descriptions also explain cultivation and care. Updates to this edition include an emphasis on the importance of native plants, deer- and drought-resistant species, identifications of invasive and banned plants, new information on the impact of climate change on the northeast region, and more.

·A complete guide to landscaping specifically within the Pacific Northwest region (United States: WA, OR and Canada: Western British Columbia) ·Features 48 designs created by landscape professionals that consider the unique climate and environment of the northwest ·Detailed descriptions of more than 200 plants picked for the region, plus all you need to know to plant and maintain them ·Step-by-step instructions for building structures, such as paths, patios, ponds, walls, fences, arbors, and trellises ·New updated edition includes guidance on native planting, updated information on the impact of climate change, updated plant profiles, and more