Shrubs

Zusatztext Beautiful photographs and thoughtfully written descriptions of each shrub allow gardeners to tailor choices to meet their interests and needs. The Oregonian McIndoe is a devoted and knowledgeable ambassador for shrubsHis advice is clear! practical! and honest: the sort of counsel every gardener needs. The book will be an invaluable addition not only to the bookcases of gardeners but also those of garden designers seeking to broaden their plant palette. Gardens Illustrated Packed with sound! practical information! which will be of particular value to all novice and inexperienced gardeners. The Garden Informationen zum Autor Andy McIndoe is the former managing director of Hillier Nurseries and Garden Centers in Hampshire, England. As designer of the Hillier exhibit at the Chelsea Flower Show for more than two decades, he has upheld the company's unprecedented record of 68 consecutive gold medals. He is now a freelance speaker, writer, and consultant. Klappentext Shrubs are ideal plants: low maintenance, widely available, and so diverse that there is a shrub for virtually any garden situation. In Shrubs, Andy McIndoeone of the world's foremost woody plant expertsputs his encyclopedic knowledge to work, offering invaluable recommendations and insight. Limited space? Harsh weather? Challenging soil? McIndoe has a shrub suggestion for every space in your garden. He also suggests shrubs and companion plants that smell heavenly, bloom effusively, repel pests, attract wildlife, and offer dramatic foliage. Vorwort This problem-solving guidefrom one of the world's foremost woody plant expertsshows you everything you need to know to pick the right shrub for a wide variety of sites and conditions. Introduction Compiling this book has been interesting, rewarding, and often challenging. The obvious garden situations are the easiest to make recommendations for. Shade, sun, and acid soil are just some that are constantly asked about. Those of us who advise on gardens have our favourites for such conditions, and these are the first plants that spring to mind. However, I have tried to include as extensive a palette of shrubs as possible and avoid duplications, but it is surprising how the obvious contenders for one situation are the forerunners for the next. Thinking of alternatives is where the challenge begins. I have tried to be definite in my recommendations. It would be easy to say any potentilla will do, but that leads to the question of which one. I've included my first choices in the shrub entries, and the reader can then choose alternatives. For example, I may recommend Potentilla fruticosa 'Abbotswood' in one situation and Potentilla fruticosa 'Primrose Beauty' in another. Unless I say otherwise, the two are really interchangeable. I have included them because they are both good plants. I advise you to use my selections as a guide, but see what is available locally or from your usual source of plant material. Selections vary with nursery and country. If you can choose the plants personally, so much the better. It is preferable to have a good plant of a close substitute than a poor plant of your first choice. Many planting schemes are ruined by the inflexibility of the designer. In most cases choosing the shrubs for each situation was easy and the selection could have been far more extensive; in other instances it was challenging. Some will undoubtedly question why I have not included shrubs that seem obvious choices to them. We all use a group of plants that are familiar to us, and I always recommend plants that I have some experience of. Also it is important to remember that all plants behave differently in different gardens. For example, I never recommend sarcococcas for pots and containers because I never have su...

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This problem-solving guidefrom one of the world's foremost woody plant expertsshows you everything you need to know to pick the right shrub for a wide variety of sites and conditions.

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Andy McIndoe is the former managing director of Hillier Nurseries and Garden Centers in Hampshire, England. As designer of the Hillier exhibit at the Chelsea Flower Show for more than two decades, he has upheld the company’s unprecedented record of 68 consecutive gold medals. He is now a freelance speaker, writer, and consultant. 

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Shrubs are ideal plants: low maintenance, widely available, and so diverse that there is a shrub for virtually any garden situation. In Shrubs, Andy McIndoe—one of the world’s foremost woody plant experts—puts his encyclopedic knowledge to work, offering invaluable recommendations and insight. Limited space? Harsh weather? Challenging soil? McIndoe has a shrub suggestion for every space in your garden. He also suggests shrubs and companion plants that smell heavenly, bloom effusively, repel pests, attract wildlife, and offer dramatic foliage.

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Introduction
Compiling this book has been interesting, rewarding, and often challenging. The obvious garden situations are the easiest to make recommendations for. Shade, sun, and acid soil are just some that are constantly asked about. Those of us who advise on gardens have our favourites for such conditions, and these are the first plants that spring to mind. However, I have tried to include as extensive a palette of shrubs as possible and avoid duplications, but it is surprising how the obvious contenders for one situation are the forerunners for the next. Thinking of alternatives is where the challenge begins.

I have tried to be definite in my recommendations. It would be easy to say “any potentilla will do,” but that leads to the question of which one. I’ve included my first choices in the shrub entries, and the reader can then choose alternatives. For example, I may recommend Potentilla fruticosa ‘Abbotswood’ in one situation and Potentilla fruticosa ‘Primrose Beauty’ in another. Unless I say otherwise, the two are really interchangeable. I have included them because they are both good plants.

I advise you to use my selections as a guide, but see what is available locally or from your usual source of plant material. Selections vary with nursery and country. If you can choose the plants personally, so much the better. It is preferable to have a good plant of a close substitute than a poor plant of your first choice. Many planting schemes are ruined by the inflexibility of the designer.

In most cases choosing the shrubs for each situation was easy and the selection could have been far more extensive; in other instances it was challenging. Some will undoubtedly question why I have not included shrubs that seem obvious choices to them. We all use a group of plants that are familiar to us, and I always recommend plants that I have some experience of. Also it is important to remember that all plants behave differently in different gardens. For example, I never recommend sarcococcas for pots and containers because I never have success with them. However I have met several gardeners who claim to have wonderful specimens that have thrived in pots for years. Similarly I usually find that Daphne odora has a lifespan of ten to fifteen years. Yet I have met gardeners who claim that theirs has been with them for more than thirty. Two things are certain: we all lose track of time and plants have not read the rule book.

The shrub descriptions include an indication of potential size. It will certainly depend on the growing conditions, and it can depend on the original specimen you plant, its condition, and possibly the clonal selection. Some cultivars vary considerably according to the clone being propagated and even where the cutting material is taken from on the parent plant. Some shrubs are multiplied by micropropagation and the offspring can appear slightly different from the parent ev…