Taylor's Guide to Trees: The Definitive, Easy-To-Use Guide to 200 of the Garden's Most Important Plants (Taylor's Gardening Guides)

Trees are the most important, most expensive, and ideally the most permanent plants in a home landscape. Because planting the wrong tree in the wrong place can create serious problems, selecting the right tree is the most important choice a gardener can make. This definitive, handy reference for gardeners, homeowners, and horticultural professionals features

* 200 genera and 350 species of shade trees, ornamentals, and conifers, both deciduous and evergreen

* The best selections for spring bloom, fall color, showy fruit, ornamental bark, and disease resistance

* Trees that will thrive in the hottest and coldest regions of North America

* Full-color identification photos to take with you to the nursery

* Illustrated instructions on proper pruning, planting, and growing techniques.