| Texas Trees Contributor(s): Garrett, J. Howard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0891230769 ISBN-13: 9780891230762 Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing OUR PRICE: $31.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2002 Annotation: Texas, with its varied climates, soils, and water qualities, is ideal for growing a wide variety of trees. Sure to prove helpful to homeowners, landscape architects, contractors, gardeners, and others who want healthy trees, "Texas Trees" provides a complete description of native and best-introduced trees and gives details on planting, maintenance, and more. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Gardening | Trees - Gardening | Regional - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) - Gardening | Landscape |
| Dewey: 635.977 |
| LCCN: 2002007118 |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 7.24" W x 10.24" (2.09 lbs) 252 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Texas |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Knowing when and how to plant a tree are crucial to its survival. But if you select the wrong tree for your particular area and conditions, the proper planting techniques will not make a difference. Because Texas is a big place with varied climates, soils, and water qualities, a wide variety of trees can be grown there. Howard Garrett, also known as the "Dirt Doctor," explores the wide-ranging possibilities in a book that will prove its value to homeowners, landscape architects, contractors, nurseries, gardeners, and others who want healthy trees. Texas Trees includes a complete description of native and best-introduced trees and gives details on natural habitats and preferred sites, planting and maintenance, identification information, flowers, fruit and foliage, culture, problems, and propagation. Texas Trees is for all Texas tree lovers, from the Red River to the Gulf Coast, the piney woods to the deserts and mountains. |