The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Trees: The Art and Science to grow with conf

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Kew Garden's beautiful, practical and contemporary guide to growing trees for gardeners of all levels.

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This inspirational book from Kew Garden's tree expert is the perfect guide to choosing and growing these essential garden mainstays. With authoritative advice from Kew tree expert Tony Kirkham and the Kew Gardens team, this is the ultimate companion to growing and planting trees. In addition, there are twelve tree-related projects to inspire every green-fingered gardener. There is a place in every garden for a tree, but before buying it is important to think about why and what you are planting and where. Do you want to plant for privacy, as a single ornamental specimen for seasonal interest or to attract wildlife? Such key considerations are discussed by the Head of the Arboretum, Gardens & Horticultural Services at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He also explains the practicalities of growing a tree as well as describing and illustrating a wide range of trees in detail, for every size of garden.The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Trees is part of the Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing series and is accompanied by Growing Herbs, Growing House Plants, Growing Vegetables, Growing Orchids and Growing Fruit.

Author Biography

KEW ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS has built a global resource for medicinal plant names that enables health professionals and researchers to access information about plants and plant products relevant to pharmacological research, health regulation, traditional medicine and functional foods.Tony Kirkham MBE is Head of the Arboretum, Gardens & Horticultural Services at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and was awarded the RHS's highest accolade, the Victoria Medal of Honour, in 2019. He has participated in and led several plant-collecting expeditions to Chile and East Asia and has written, co-authored or edited numerous books on trees. He has also featured on TV programmes including A Year at Kew and Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees and has presented two series of The Trees That Made Britain for the BBC.

Table of 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 arboristPart 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 treeProjects 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 graveyardTroubleshooting What to do when

Long Description

Kew Garden's beautiful, practical and contemporary guide to growing trees for gardeners of all levels. This inspirational book from Kew Garden's tree expert is the perfect guide to choosing and growing these essential garden mainstays. With authoritative advice from Kew tree expert Tony Kirkham and the Kew Gardens team, this is the ultimate companion to growing and planting trees. In addition, there are twelve tree-related projects to inspire every green-fingered gardener. There is a place in every garden for a tree, but before buying it is important to think about why and what you are planting and where. Do you want to plant for privacy, as a single ornamental specimen for seasonal interest or to attract wildlife? Such key considerations are discussed by the Head of the Arboretum, Gardens & Horticultural Services at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He also explains the practicalities of growing a tree as well as describing and illustrating a wide range of trees in detail, for every size of garden. The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Trees is part of the Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing series and is accompanied by Growing Herbs , Growing House Plants , Growing Vegetables , Growing Orchids and Growing Fruit .

Details ISBN0711261989 Author ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW Short Title The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Trees Pages 144 Series Kew Experts Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 0711261989 ISBN-13 9780711261983 Format Hardcover Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations 200 AU Release Date 2021-09-21 NZ Release Date 2021-09-21 Publication Date 2021-09-21 UK Release Date 2021-09-21 Edition Description New Edition Subtitle The Art and Science to grow with confidence DEWEY 635.977 Audience General Publisher Quarto Publishing PLC Imprint Frances Lincoln We've got this

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