Your Florida Guide to Shrubs: Selection, Establishment, and Maintenance

by Edward Gilman, Robert J. Black, Sydney Park Brown

Overview

No other book offers such colorful, complete, and reliable information about all aspects of selecting, growing, and maintaining the shrubs and small trees that thrive in the Florida landscape. Written for everyone from the homeowner with limited gardening skills to the landscape professional or property manager, the new edition of this photo-filled guide includes a hardiness-zone map and all the information you need to help create a beautiful landscape!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813042442
Publisher:	University Press of Florida
Publication date:	01/01/2013
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	1,032,253
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Edward F. Gilman is professor and Robert J. Black is associate professor emeritus at the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, and each is the author of numerous gardening books. Sydney Park Brown is associate professor and extension specialist also with IFAS.

Table of Contents

Section 1 Getting Started 2

Selecting and Planting Shrubs 4

Section 2 Shrub Selection Guide 30

Section 3 Establishing and Maintaining Shrubs 134

Appendix 1 Shrubs Suited for Hedging 163

Appendix 2 Shrubs Tolerant of Wet Soil 165

Appendix 3 Shrubs Tolerant of Drought 167

Appendix 4 Shrubs with Showy Flowers 169

Appendix 5 Shrubs Less than Six Feet Tall 171

Appendix 6 Shrubs Native to Florida 173

Appendix 7 Shrubs That Attract Wildlife 175

Appendix 8 Shrubs That Have High Salt Tolerance 177

Acknowledgments 179

References 181

Index 183