books by Timber Press, Incorporated     books:       The Color Encyclopedia of Hostas21 reviews Diana Grenfell, Mike Shadrack Timber Press, Incorporated, 2004 Wonderful Reference I am thrilled with this book. I am highlighting the ones in my garden and several of my family and friends are using their own colors to highlight their hostas. What a nice record of our gardens. I'm glad I found the book. And I got it in only two days!             Designing with Succulents45 reviews Debra Lee Baldwin Timber Press, Incorporated, 2007 Designing with Succulents, Baldwin Gorgeous and so resourceful - if you're interested in succulent gardens - this is the book. I highly recommend it!             Bamboo for Gardens16 reviews Ted Jordan Meredith Timber Press, Incorporated, 2001 Bamboo Bible As an amateur gardener who had to learn everything about bamboo - in a place where my neighbors were paranoid that all bamboo runs rampant, this book could answer all my questions and give me detailed information on bamboo in general and then by each species. I now know what bamboo to contain (and how) and what bamboo can keep my neighbors fretting to a minimum. I also learned that many types ...             Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web66 reviews Jeff Lowenfels, Wayne Lewis Timber Press, Incorporated, 2006 It really puts it all together I've read too many books on composting. I've studied biodynamics, permaculture, organic - trying to find a coherent system that makes sense to me. Seems like lots of things work, from lasagna gardening to double-digging - in some places. But not others. Compost happens: But not always. Starting out fresh on a new-to-me 10 acre farm this year, I've been struggling to find a coherent ...             Garden Gallery: The Plants, Art, and Hardscape of Little and Lewis18 reviews George Little, David Lewis Timber Press, Incorporated, 2005 CREATIVITY UNLEASHED I first saw an article on Little and Lewis in a gardening magazine and had to have this book. I was mesmerized by what they had done. The sculptures, greenery and landscaping are absolutely exquisite. I bought a copy of the book and sent it to a gardener friend of mine and he raved about it, also. I think this book would appeal to fine arts people who are into gardening--people who want to ...             Merry Hall (Beverley Nichols Trilogy Book 1)16 reviews Beverley Nichols Timber Press, Incorporated, 1998 I Think I'm in Love Where have you been all my life, Beverley Nichols? I stumbled upon this indescribably charming book in a quest for entertaining reading, having seen glowing mention of the gardening series in the Bas Bleu catalog for several years. When I found a used copy for small dollars on Amazon, I decided to give it a try. What a delight. How worth the full price of new volumes. I'm not a gardener, ...             The American Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest19 reviews Rick Darke Timber Press, Incorporated, 2002 Superb Loved this book - a keeper for sure. Rick Darke does a great job of writing - I found his prose to be both instructive and inspiring-one really gets a sense from his writing that he knows his plants in intimate and fond detail. Photography is stunning as he captures the spirit of the woodlands and plants he shows in the book. I especially love how he depicts the changing beauty & contrast ...             The Well-Tended Perennial Garden: Planting and Pruning Techniques52 reviews Tracy DiSabato-Aust Timber Press, Incorporated, 2006 Excellent reference This books gives excellent information on care for a long list of perennials, including the effects of cutting back, how often to divide, etc. (Note that her sub-title has to do with pruning.) This level of detailed information is often hard to find elsewhere, and if you can find it at all, you generally have to consult many sources. My only complaint is what's up with the bearded irises? She ...             Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest (Timber Press Field Guide)14 reviews Mark Turner, Phyllis Gustafson Timber Press, Incorporated, 2006 Pacific Northwest Wildflowers in pictures and words The book "Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest" by Mark Turner and Phyllis Gustafson is both beautiful and informative, and succeeds in simplifying wildflower identification with its clever organization. After a description of the growing conditions in the Pacific Northwest, the book organizes the wildflowers by color. Each color category is further divided into petal formation (number of ...             Hardy Bamboos: Taming the Dragon16 reviews Paul Whittaker Timber Press, Incorporated, 2005 Best hardy bamboo book out there. I find this book to be the most entertaining and informative book for the bamboo hobbyist available with respect to cooler climate species. Paul breaks each species down for the reader from a VERY experienced but non-scientific perspective. He gives you a personal insight into each plant that will greatly help you know what to expect from a new plant and better understand the plants you may ...             Irises: A Gardener's Encyclopedia10 reviews Claire Austin Timber Press, Incorporated, 2005 Nothing Compares! Like all botanical Encyclopedias, this can't possibly contain all the varieties available, but almost all are represented in some form. This book is responsible for spurring my obsession with Irises so I can't vouch for its significance to the experienced gardener, but I haven't found anything that compares. The text is very brief and concise, but provides a good overview of each Iris family (I ...             Encyclopedia of Water Garden Plants12 reviews Greg Speichert, Sue Speichert Timber Press, Incorporated, 2004 Excellent resource for selection and maintenance of pond plants I have had a pond for 30+ years. This is one of the best and most detailed resouces that I have come across. It is one of the few that details the type of waterlily corms that each variety has. This is extremely helpful in identifying plants that have spread naturally and are not blooming. Great photographs. Uses both common names and scientific names.             Conifers: The Illustrated Encyclopedia (2 Volumes)9 reviews D. M. Van Gelderen Timber Press, Incorporated, 1996 Conifers : The Illustrated Encyclopedia (Two Volume Set) Two world authorities compiled this outstanding conifer book featuring 2347 excellent, sharp photos reproduced beautifully on high quality paper. Each picture was taken at the proper distance to show the tree's outstanding detail. Captions are a sentence or two with location often included. For detail use a good companion book such as the Manual of Cultivated Conifers by Krussmann. ...             Flora's Orchids10 reviews Timber Press, Incorporated, 2005 Definitive Orchid work. A must have for any serious orchid enthusiast. Not a technical manual, but a wealth of photographic and species information. A must have. A very worthy investment, and as beautiful as any I have ever seen.             Native Trees of the Southeast12 reviews L. Katherine Kirkman, Claud L. Brown, ... Timber Press, Incorporated, 2007 Superb! This field guide has an excellent layout with professional photos covering many of the important characters for identifying trees. I agree with the review of Benjamin Hendersen in that it would be nice to have a picture of the entire tree, which would help amateur individuals that are not as familiar with the technical terms of identification. A nice feature is a key to the genera for the summer ...             Native American Ethnobotany12 reviews Daniel E. Moerman Timber Press, Incorporated, 1998 Best Single Source on Native American Uses of Plants This is a big, solid hardcover volume that should be part of every library and university collection's plant and/or Native American reference sections. It is the absolute most thorough and comprehensive book on the subject, with cross-indexing and various ways to find the information you are looking for. I have an M.A. in Anthropology and am Native American myself (Ioway) and this book is an ...             The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Trees13 reviews John White Timber Press, Incorporated, 2002 Excellent book I collect books on trees, because I love trees. But not all books will do. I avoid gardening books and concentrate on dendrological or botanical type books because they are more useful to me. This is a great find because it is somewhat encyclopedic in nature and the drawings are wonderful. The only downside is that this is an English book and highlights trees grown there. It is much to large ...             The Essential Garden Design Workbook9 reviews Rosemary Alexander Timber Press, Incorporated, 2004 A good and very practical garden design book This book covers all phases of garden design, from original research, obtaining the owner's requirements, site survey sketch, checklist and inventory, to conceptual diagrams, presentation plans, theme plan, preliminary garden layout plan and final planting plans. It discusses space, light, proportion and scale, color plates, ground plane, vertical plane, overhead plane, materials, texture, ...             Native Trees for North American Landscapes12 reviews Guy Sternberg, James W. Wilson, ... Timber Press, Incorporated, 2004 This will become a premier reference on woody plants...... This outstanding new book will become one of the primary references for all kinds of information about native woody plants of North America. Many of the plant descriptions have far more detailed information on culture, diseases, and ornamental characteristics than the widely known reference books by Michael Dirr (the 'standards' by which all other woody plant references are judged). While the ...             Bonsai with Japanese Maples11 reviews Peter Adams Timber Press, Incorporated, 2006 Bonsai with Japanese Maples Peter Adams book on Japanese Maples is invaluable to those who wish to grow or style this type of bonsai. His attention to detail and instruction is of the highest quality. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in growing any deciduous trees.              search for books american, bamboos, beverley, capturing, conifers, deciduous, designing, encyclopedia, essential, ethnobotany, gardener, gardens, hardscape, illustrated, japanese, landscapes, microbes, northwest, pacific, perennial, planting, pruning, southeast, succulents, teaming, techniques, well-tended, wildflowers, woodland, workbook books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen pet supplies: Nu-Stock Ointment, 12 oz home  impressum - about us