Conifers: Choosing, Planting and Caring for Pines, Spruces, Firs, Junipers and Dwarf Conifers in Gardens and Containers

Come January, the garden tells the truth about itself. The borders have collapsed, the roses are sticks, and whatever is still green and holding the eye from the kitchen window is very probably a conifer. Choose well, plant well and keep an eye on things, and conifers are among the most obliging plants you can grow. Choose badly and you may spend twenty years apologising over the fence.

This book is about choosing well and looking after what you’ve chosen. The first part introduces the pla...