The Woodland Garden

Updated and revised. This book is both a valuable reference and a practical how-to guide to hundreds of plant species suited for cultivation beneath a canopy of mature trees. Here is all the information needed to get design, plant selection, planting and maintenance. These principles can be applied anywhere in North America in any size garden, from large estate to a cramped city lot. This revised edition of The Woodland Garden features new, beautiful color images throughout, a larger format and more text. An authoritative guide for gardeners and landscape designers, this edition focuses The authors list their favorite plants with detailed descriptions of the best woodland garden performers including lilies and rhododendrons. Practical information is provided for soil characteristics, adapting a property, working with a new site and converting an old garden. There are sections on fragrance, water, rocks, pathways, scale and unity, how to analyze a site and much more. Helpful tips throughout offer useful advice gleaned from the authors' decades of collective dealing with weeds and pests, preparing the land, watering, mulching and propagation.