books by Michael A. Dirr (encyclopedia photographic landscaping)

books by Michael A. Dirr

books:

1 review
Vincent A. Simeone

Ball Publishing, 2005

Great Flowering Landscape Shrubs
Great book in great condition. Prompt shipping and packed very very well. Thanks very much for the book and being so thorough.

Dirr's Hardy Trees and Shrubs: An Illustrated Encyclopedia

55 reviews
Michael A. Dirr

Timber Press, Incorporated, 1997

Review of Michael Dirr's book on trees
This is probably the best gardening book that I have ever seen. I use it frequently. I am on a committee in my neighborhood that encourages tree-planting by our city's residents. This book is a life saver to take with me when dealing with perspective tree purchasers. It has great pictures of the trees and gives advice as to where they should be planted, problems, et.al. I like it so much ...

The Reference Manual of Woody Plant Propagation: From Seed to Tissue Culture : A Practical Working Guide to ...

6 reviews
Michael A. Dirr, Charles W. Heuser

Varsity Pr Inc, 2006

This is the best book out there.
This is by far the best book out there on this subject. I have bought all the books on this subject and none can compare to this one. If you only want to buy one book on this subject this is the one.

Hydrangeas for American Gardens

10 reviews
Michael A. Dirr

Timber Press, Incorporated, 2004

Extremely Informative
This guy knows his posies. Everything I've seen that he has written has been well done and most informative. I'm using his hydrangea book as my bible for beginning to raise these gorgeous things and am finding that he knows varieties, tactics, and possible problems (and solutions)I'd never heard of.

Manual of Woody Landscape Plants: Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propagation and ...

48 reviews
Michael A. Dirr

Stipes Publishing, LLC, 1998

An Industry Standard; not for casual weekend gardner's
Too bad that so many of these reviews are written by Weekend Warriors who wanted a "pretty book with pictures." ~sigh~ I'm a landscape architect who trained under Dr. Dirr when he was teaching at U of Illinois. Of course, because he was teaching the subject, this tome was part of the required course. For the professional plantsman or very serious gardner, there is nothing like it! This is my ...

Viburnums: Flowering Shrubs for Every Season

9 reviews
Michael Dirr

Timber Press, 2007

VIBURNUMS ala MICHAEL DIRR
Great resource for any horticulturist. plantsman or weekend gardener. Varieties can be so hard to correctly identify, Dirr takes out most of the guesswork. Would highly recommend to all.

Manual of Woody Landscape Plants
Michael A. Dirr

Stipes Publishing Company, 1983

Woody landscape plant id guide.

Dirr's Trees and Shrubs for Warm Climates: An Illustrated Encyclopedia

8 reviews
Michael A. Dirr

Timber Press, Incorporated, 2002

A necessity for Southeastern US gardners
In this book, our leading expert on woody plants gives brief descriptions and excellent photos of many of those suited for warm climates. As noted by another reviewer, the selection is more complete for the humid Southeast (of the U.S.) than it is for California and other Mediterranean climates. However, I expect that all warm-climate gardeners will find much of value. It is important to note ...

Photographic Manual of Woody Landscape Plants: Form and Function in the Landscape

2 reviews
Michael A. Dirr

Stipes Publishing, LLC, 1978

Appendix to Dirr's Manual of Woody Landscape Plants
Even though I am glad to have these photos to accompany one of the most important books in horticulture today, I consider this book disappointing. The photos are all black & white, often with poor quality printing so that I found it difficult to see what the picture was showing. Also, even though the photo manual is arranged in much the same way as the text manual (alphabetical order of ...

Herbaceous Perennial Plants, a Treatise on Their Identification Culture and Garden Attributes

5 reviews
Allan M. Armitage

Varsity Press, Incorporated, 1990

This new edition is even better than the first
This is one of my absolute favorite references on perennial garden plants. Alan Armitage really gives you a "feel" for each plant, giving you the sense that you know its likes and dislikes before you've even seen one. He includes all the information you need: cultural information including cold and heat hardiness, identification information, and propagation. Much of this is provided in a ...

Creative Home Landscaping: How to Plan and Beautify Your Yard With a Guide to More Than 400 Landscape Plants
Michael A. Dirr

Ortho Books, 1987

With this essential reference, written by experts, you'll get a guide to more than 400 landscape plants, with helpful drawings and photographs that carefully instruct you on how to create, design and professionally install your landscape.

Michael A. Dirr Photo-Library of Woody Landscape Plants on CD-Rom

4 reviews
Michael A. Dirr

Plantamerica, 1997

Marvelously organized collection of stunning color photos
If you want to know "What will that tree or shrub look like?" this software will show you. What a marvelously organized, comprehensive collection of just stunning color photos. As a novice plant person I was very quickly able to discover and view photos of plants of my choosing and print the photos. The photos show buds, flowers, leaves, bark, etc. and for different seasons of the year. The ...

Manual of woody landscape plants: Their identification, ornamental characters, culture, propagation and uses
Michael Dirr

Stipes Pub. Co, 1975

From the Department of Horticulture at the University of Illinois

Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Their Identification, Ornamental Characters, Culture, Propagation and Uses)
Michael A. Dirr

Stipes Publishing L.L.C., 1977

This book details the common and not so common woody ornamental deciduous trees, shrubs, ground covers, and vines as well as the narrowleaf and broadleaf evergreens which are adapted to Midwestern and Eastern Climates of North America.