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With blue, green, and gold foliage and shapes ranging from spiky to weeping, conifers have the potential to be garden design stars. But they are commonly misused in gardens and landscapes, leading to looming spruces squashed against a house or rows of kettledrum-shaped yews along a sidewalk. When used correctly and creatively, conifers can be star players in creating beautiful, long-lasting plant combinations or serene backyard havens. Designing with Conifers shows readers exactly how to choose the best conifers for specific needs. Chapters cover shape, colour, and conifers for specific sites and conditions, including front gardens, hedges and screens, topiary, dwarf conifers, shade gardens, Asian-style gardens, bonsai, and miniature railroad gardens. Also includes useful appendices that list of conifers for various problems and conditions, like conifers for areas plagued by deer and the best conifers for Christmas trees and Southern gardens. Each section is enlivened with gorgeous colour photographs. Whatever landscape situation or challenge a gardener designer faces, Designing with Conifers shows how to make the best choice from this beautiful, useful, and versatile group of plants.

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9781604691931

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Designing with Conifers offers a great deal of practical information for creating harmonious landscapes that employ conifers to their best effect. --Anne Marsh The American Gardener

The book features a host of dreamy, conifer-heavy gardens.--Ann Stratton Fine Gardening

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Richard L. Bitner is a garden writer and photographer whose work has appeared in numerous magazines. His previous Timber Press books are Conifers for Gardens and Timber Press Pocket Guide to Conifers.

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