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Conifers for Gardens is intended to take away the element of uncertainty when you're choosing a plant that may play a major role in your garden for years to come. Profusely illustrated with more than 1500 crisp photographs and brimming with concise descriptions of both species and their numerous cultivars, this meticulously researched reference provides information — including size, appearance, hardiness, preferred growing conditions and susceptibility to pests and diseases — for almost every hardy conifer you're likely to encounter in the trade, whether it's a tried-and-tested favourite or a connoisseur's treasure. So if you've ever been torn between, say, 'Golden Mop', 'Lemon Thread' and 'Sungold' sawara-cypresses, relax — choosing and identifying conifers just got a whole lot easier.
Media Reviews
This book is useful, informative and even exciting for the enthusiast... this impressively large book is good value for money and an invaluable addition to the conifer library.
Derek Spicer The Plantsman 01/12/2007
Anyone buying this book will, quite simply, have to plant a conifer.
Tony Kirkham The Garden 01/10/2007
A good base to start from if you are looking for that special conifer for the garden, or for more information on a species or cultivar that you already have. ... This book will appeal to many tree enthusiasts, but most of all to conifer-lovers.
Tony Kirkham BBC Gardens Illustrated magazine 01/01/2008
Provides detailed plant profiles and cultivation requirements that help demystify conifer selection. An excellent resource.
Alice Joyce Booklist 01/05/2007
[Bitner] has outdone his predecessors with 424 pages of meticulously researched information on 1,370 species and cultivars. Well-organized, informative, thorough, and richly illustrated.
Pete Prown Green Scene 01/09/2007
Outstanding ... this book is assuredly one of the most complete modern references.
John Bagnasco Garden Compass 01/01/2008
Helpful to a gardener and tree-planter like me. His descriptions are spot-on ... and many of his photographs show alluring details of cone and needle that render certain species and cultivars dangerously irresistible.
Hortus 01/01/2007
An authoritative and readable encyclopedia that will be invaluable to home gardeners as well as tree specialists.
Shannon Hendrickson SciTech Book News 01/03/2008
This large lavishly illustrated book is packed with information. General rock gardeners will delight in the many small cultivars included but the book will appeal most to those who garden on a larger scale; they will find plenty [of] interesting facts and useful information.
Sandy Leven Rock Garden 01/02/2008