The Kew gardener's guide to growing trees : the art and science to grow with confidence /: the art and science to grow with confidence. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tony Kirkham.
• Authors: Kirkham, Tony; Kirkham, Tony; ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW
• Contents: Part One: The value of trees and why should we plant them? ; Trees in the garden; What is a tree?; Parts of a tree; Planting the right tree in the right place; Buying a tree; Looking after a tree between buying and planting; Planting a tree; Tree staking; Aftercare following planting; Tree propagation; Pruning trees; Mature tree pruning operations; When and how to hire a professional arborist; ; Part Two: Tree profiles ; Black tupelo; Paperback maple; Silver birch; Tulip tree; Saucer magnolia; Japanese maple; Norway maple; Handkerchief tree; Common hawthorn; Black mulberry; Japanese dogwood; Chinese flowering dogwood; Honey locust; Judas tree; Golden chain tree; Black walnut; Sweetgum; Harlequin glorybower; Siberian crab; Willow-leaved pear; Hornbeam; Katsura; Grey alder; Japanese Yoshino cherry; Tibetan cherry; Indian horse chestnut; Scarlet oak; Japanese zelkova; Rowan; Whitebeam; Small-leaved lime; Indian bean tree; Service berry; Bullbay; Silver wattle; Strawberry tree; Olive; New Zealand lacebark; Western red cedar; Lawson cypress; English yew; Mediterranean cypress; Dawn redwood; Maidenhair tree; Palm tree; ; Projects ; Planting a maidenhair tree in a container for a balcony or patio; Growing a tree from seed; Making a collage of preserved, colourful autumnal leaves in a picture frame; Topiarising a bay tree into a standard ball; Creating a multi-stemmed birch; Grow your own Christmas tree to bring inside each year; Establishing mistletoe in a garden tree; Five hardworking trees for any small garden; Building an ecological pile in the garden from old logs and branches; Making a bee hotel; Ageing an oak tree and measuring the height without technology; Researching and finding an old veteran tree in a local garden, park or graveyard; ; Troubleshooting; What to do when ;
• Edition: New edition
• Publisher Details: London : Frances Lincoln Limited Publishers
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 635.977; Tree planting; Trees -- Growth
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780711261990
• Related ISBNs: 9780711261983
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