Plant User Handbook: A Guide to Effective Specifying

✍ Scribed by James Hitchmough, Ken Fieldhouse

• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 402
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

An invaluable reference source on soft landscape specification for professional landscapers. Each topic is written by a leading specialist in the field and covers technical data with practical guidance. Ecological characteristics, selection, procurement, elements of planting design, site preparation, establishment and maintenance are all considered.

✦ Table of Contents

Plant User Handbook......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
Foreword......Page 7
Preface......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Contributors......Page 13
I. Preliminaries to Plant Use and the Landscape......Page 15
1 Introduction to Plant Use in the Landscape......Page 17
2 Selecting Plant Species, Cultivars and Nursery Products......Page 21
3 Procuring Plants for Landscape Projects......Page 39
II. Managing Plant Growth on Landscape Sites......Page 59
4 Amelioration of Underperforming Soils......Page 61
5 Soil Drainage......Page 77
6 Weed Control in Amenity Landscapes......Page 88
7 The Long-term Health of Plants......Page 103
III. Establishment and Management of Trees......Page 107
8 Establishment of Planted Nursery Stock......Page 109
9 Tree Roots and Buildings......Page 127
10 Semi-mature Trees......Page 142
11 Trees in Paving......Page 157
12 Creating Urban Woodlands......Page 166
IV. Establishment and Management of Smaller Woody Plants......Page 177
13 Shrub Mosaics and Woodland Edge......Page 179
14 Ground Cover......Page 189
15 Hedges and their Management......Page 198
16 Pruning Shrubs......Page 208
17 Climbing Plants......Page 225
18 Roof Gardens......Page 235
V. Establishment and Management of Herbaceous Plants......Page 259
19 Wildflowers in Rural Landscapes......Page 261
20 Wildflower Landscapes in the Urban Environment......Page 272
21 Aquatic Planting......Page 281
22 Direct-sown Annual Meadows......Page 297
23 Bedding Plants......Page 306
24 Bulbous Plants for Use in Designed Landscapes......Page 324
25 Herbaceous Perennials......Page 339
26 Amenity and Sports Turf Seed......Page 357
27 The Management of Amenity Grasslands......Page 368
Index......Page 385
Plant Index......Page 395