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TREE sa AMUR CORKTREE sa APPLE TREE sa APRICOT TREE sa ARAUCARIA sa ASH TREE sa ASPEN TREE sa AVOCADO sa BEECH TREE sa BIRCH TREE sa BIXA sa BONSAI sa CAROB sa CEDRUS sa CHERRY TREE sa CHESTNUT TREE sa CHIONANTHUS sa CITRUS FRUIT sa CORNUS sa COTINUS sa CRATAEGUS sa CUPRESSUS sa ELM TREE sa EUCALYPTUS sa EVERGREEN sa FIG sa FIR TREE sa FIREWOOD sa FRUIT sa GINKGO TREE sa HALESIA sa HAMAMELIS sa HEDGE sa HICKORY TREE sa HOLLY sa HORSE-CHESTNUT sa JUNIPER sa LINDEN TREE sa LOCUST TREE sa MALUS sa MAPLE TREE sa NUT sa NYSSA TREE sa OAK TREE sa PALM sa PEACH sa PEAR sa PECAN TREE sa PERSIMMON TREE sa PINE TREE sa PLUM sa POPLAR TREE sa REDBUD sa SCHINUS sa SHRUB sa SPRUCE TREE sa SYCAMORE TREE sa TAXODIUM sa TREE FELLING & STUMP REMOVAL sa TREE PRUNING sa WALNUT TREE sa WILLOW TREE sa WOOD x FRUIT TREE xx LANDSCAPING xx PLANT xx SHRUB A look at trees and shrubs that require a minimum of care. Includes zone charts for hardiness. How to plant an evergreen. Tips on how to plant a tree. Tips on where to plant shade trees around a house to conserve on energy. Evergreens. How to choose them, plant them, and care for them. Includes charts for both narrow-leaf and broad-leaf evergreens that describe height, habitat, hardiness zone, etc. The ten best choices for shade trees. Landscaping with flowering trees. A look at six recommended varieties and step-by-step photos on how to plant a tree. Trees to plant for fall color. Arbor Day almanac. How to select and plant the right tree for a home landscape. Tips on how to protect trees when remodeling a home. Photo tip shows how to use staking to train young stems of a tree outward. Branches full of blossoms. A guide to flowering trees and tips on using them in the home landscape. How to plant a tree. Fall gardening tips include transplanting trees and shrubs, exposed root planting, planting bulbs for spring flowers, and protecting evergreens from winter damage. How to transplant a tree from the woods into your yard. How to plant trees so that they will survive. Suggestions on managing a woodlot. How to watch for signs of tree decay. Some tips. Tips on planting and caring for trees. Advice on evaluating potential timber revenues from forested property. A garden in a grove. Two-tiered agriculture's possibilities for homesteaders. A guide to trees of value for small scale properties. How to start trees and shrubs from seed. Details on conservation seedling programs. Includes information on planting acres of seedlings. Grafting fruit trees successfully using grafting and growth hormones. Tip on painting the trunks of trees to prevent bark splitting. Tips on making fruit trees and vegetable gardens attractive to pollenizing insects. How to cut spring-flowering trees and shrubs and force them to bloom indoors. Twenty trees you can grow indoors. How to protect plants from winter injury. Suggestions on wrapping, tying and covering evergreens, deciduous shrubs and perennials. A list of trees and shrubs that are useful to birds for food and cover. How to support a young tree to guide its growth in the proper direction. How to lightning-proof a tree. How to keep from killing your trees. Photos of typical injuries inflicted on trees and how to avoid them. A look at planting trees to save energy. What to do with splitting trees. A guide to the causes and cures of trees with weak, V-shaped crotches. How to plant a tree or shrub. How to care for your trees. Tips from a professional. Best ways to select and plant a tree. Twelve ways to protect your plants against winter. Tips for trees, shrubs, and perennials. The best way to buy and plant a tree. Wordless Workshop shows tip on how to make tree stakes that can be mowed over. How to plant trees. Advice on choosing a species, improving the soil, selecting a tree, transporting, planting and caring for a new tree. Wordless Workshop shows how to make a stake to drive holes in the ground around a tree's drip line so fertilizer can be added. Advice on how to protect trees on a construction site. Tip on using a 2-liter plastic bottle to protect small tree trunks from lawnmower damage. Tip lists spring tree planting basics. Tip shows using soft plastic pots to protect trunks of young trees. Advice on area around a tree that should not be compacted or excavated. Trees for a new yard. How to select and position trees so they will become a part of an attractive landscape. Tip: Line the planting hole for a young tree with chicken wire to keep gophers from damaging the roots. Techniques of etiolation and banding as means of rooting shade trees and shrubs that are often difficult to propagate. Tip: How to transplant and care for pine seedlings. Eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) and its virtues in the landscape. Chart describes 10 named cultivars. Includes information on propagation methods (side-veneer grafts and air-layering). Tropical trees in tubs. A guide to growing a wide-ranging collection in a limited space. Includes information on five plants for beginners to try. Tips on protecting tree roots from injury when soil is temporarily mounded beneath the trees. A better start for container-grown trees. Coating containers with a copper-bearing paint produces root systems that need no pruning. How to adapt techniques used by Ohio State University horticulturists to use in a home environment. Accompanying article describes the use of root-control containers, commonly called grow bags. Homemade containers for starting trees from seed that produce well-branched root systems ready for transplanting. Growing subtropical fruits in cold climates. Planted in containers, fruit trees thrive outdoors during the summer and overwinter indoors. Weeping trees. Description of five trees and tips on raising them. (1) Weeping flowering cherry, (2) Sargent's weeping hemlock, (3) weeping katsura, (4) weeping parrotia, and (5) parasol or monster beech. Correct way to mulch around trees to prevent damage from decay, suffocation, and pests. Fertilizing trees makes a difference. Soil test recommendations and symptoms of poor nutrition discussed. Advice on choosing a fertilizer, methods and timing of application. A better way to plant shrubs and trees. Technique is based on digging a wide, shallow planting hole and avoiding soil amendments. Information on genetic dwarf fruit trees that can be grown in containers. Advice on how to identify residual lawn chemicals in the soil and how to amend a planting hole for young trees to absorb any chemicals that are present. Tip suggests using Y-shaped prunings as limb spreaders on young trees. Gardening amid tree roots. Understanding the risks before you dig, water or apply herbicides. Choice small trees. Six ornamental gems that fit any size garden. Three-flower maple (Acer triflorum), White redbud (Cercis canadensis 'Alba'), Pagoda dogwood (Cornus alternifolia), Dove tree (Davidia involucrata), Japanese snowbell (S. japonicus) and Golden chain tree (Laburnum x waterei) described. Advice on leaving snow on bent tree or shrub branches. How to propagate flowering shrubs and trees from cuttings. Beautiful bark. A guide to seven especially artistic smaller trees to plant near a house or much-used path. How to shop for shrubs and trees. A buyer's guide to picking healthy plants. Soil drainage. What's soggy, what's not, and what to do about it. Includes a list of native shrubs and trees for moist soils. Tip shows how to protect the bark of young trees from rabbits and rodents by using swimming-pool hose. Recommended trees to plant as a windscreen in Alaska. Spectacular stewartias shine in all seasons. Mottled bark, summer bloom and fall color make these trees a focal point of any garden. Tip on using spring clothespins to open up the branches of small cherry and other trees. Buying bare-root. How to check for signs of life in a dormant tree or shrub. Staking trees. When and how to properly stake a tree. Tip describes how to use old plastic flowerpots to keep mulch away from tree trunks. Plant trees for keeps. An arborist shares his secrets for getting balled-and-burlapped trees off to a good start. Creating an allee, a tree-lined avenue in a small garden. Advice on creating a basic design. How to make a small allee look longer by forcing the perspective. Some fast-growing trees for shade suggested. Tip describes how to use a star-shaped planting hole for trees and shrubs. How to protect tree trunks from damage by string trimmers. Cause of brown fall color of a Parrotia persica tree explained. Tip on making drip-line fertilizer holes for trees and shrubs. Tree and shrub choices to plant near a septic line. Exceptional small trees, especially those with spring and fall interest, recommended. Includes tips for selecting a high-quality tree. Advice on how to protect trees from construction damage during home building or remodeling. A drought-tolerant tree, Chitalpa tashkentensia, its characteristics and culture. The best urban trees. A list based on the Shade Tree Evaluation Project at the Ohio Agricultural Research & Development Center in Wooster, Ohio. A roundup of new tree and shrub varieties for 1979. How to successfully transplant bareroot woody plants. How to keep your birch tree alive. Stopping branch death (flagging) caused by birch borers. What to do about girdling roots, those roots which encircle a tree trunk just below the soil line and can kill the tree. How to care for a Norway spruce. How to force some spring-flowering branches to bloom indoors. How to save elms from Dutch elm disease. Tips on raising jujube trees. Add variety to your landscape by planting trees with unusual bark patterns. Use this "butterfly" technique for planting container-grown trees and shrubs. The many good reasons for fall planting or transplanting of perennials shrubs and trees. Illustrations for pruning rose roots before replanting. A look at improper planting or care techniques that will kill a tree. Ideas for protecting trees from animals, birds or insects. Producing greens for holiday decorations, from trees and shrubs in your own yard. Tips on the preparation and decorating given. Tip: Guards to protect young trees from rabbits are made from plastic soft-drink bottles. A guide to bulbs, perennials, shrubs and trees that provide spring flowers and are considered the most reliable performers. A guide to the many varieties of euonymus and suggestions for its use in landscaping. How to safeguard plants through the winter. Salvage a broken or split tree branch by bolting it back in place. Tip: Lever made from a 2x4 and concrete block makes planting a large tree a one-person job. General information on the golden-rain tree (Koelreuteria paniculata) and suggestions on site selection. Reasons and methods for staking trees explained. Raising trees and shrubs from seeds. Describes how to collect seeds, germinate them and transplant seedlings. Insert suggests ten plants to try and explains special handling for each. Planting a tree in autumn. Advice on selection, purchase, planting and follow-up care. Weeping trees in the home landscape. Raising trees in pots. Some tips. Plant it right. Advice from a plant physiologist on climate, location, planting techniques and maintenance of trees in the home landscape. Buying tree care services. How to obtain the best possible care for the trees in your landscape and avoid getting burned by a fly-by-night scam. Spring-flowering trees for the home landscape. A look at ornamental cherries, plums, crab apples, magnolias and other choices. Planting and caring for trees. Burying the myths of tree planting. Practical advice on choosing, transplanting, digging, watering, and staking trees. Guidelines for mulching around trees from the trunk to the dripline. Planting shrubs and trees. Digging the hole, planting, mulching, etc. Tip on checking a tree ball for excess roots or plastic burlap (which must be removed before planting). Moving trees and shrubs to improve a home landscape. Includes advice on root pruning, digging and wrapping a root ball, and replanting. Advice on when and how to apply tree wrap. Coat of many textures. A look at tree bark that can add color and interest to the winter landscape. Includes lists of trees that have interesting bark characteristics. Advice on how to care for a tree during drought conditions. Eight fast-growing shade trees for the home landscape. Includes maintenance tips. A primer on tree shapes as a guide to selecting a species or cultivar that fits your landscape. How to make a guy wire system to redirect a tree that is leaning. Tip suggests ways to prevent road-salt damage to trees and shrubs. Flowering trees. Twelve beauties guaranteed to wake up any landscape with sensational blooms and other fine traits. Fall color in trees and shrubs. A list of plants arranged by fall foliage colors. How to save a sprout (sucker) to start a new tree. Advice on how to handle a cavity in an otherwise healthy tree. Water pipe insulation recommended as protection for saplings and tree roses. Tree care. How to plant, prune and protect trees. One way to visualize the full-grown size of a tree or shrub. Advice on winter trunk tie-up for columnar or upright trees and shrubs. How to protect trees from mice. Trees without trama. How to select, plant and tend new trees. Upward and windward. What is available in fast-growing hardy trees. Tips on planting and care. Stewardship of the trees. A guide to small woodlot management. Woodlot management. Details the fundamental principles that determine what trees should be selected for harvest. Herb trees. A brief introduction to 13 of the more unusual arboreal herbs. Includes general information on their cultivation and use. Versatile neem, a tree that is native to India, and is used for a multitude of purposes. Advice on how to grow Indian sandalwood from seeds. How to plant a tree. A new approach that is recommended by arborists. Photos show the correct way to plant balled trees. Tip: Protect a staked tree's trunk with a 1-gal. tin can surrounding a Styrofoam core. Start your own backyard nursery and cut the high cost of landscaping. How to raise your own trees and shrubs for later transplanting. Tips on transplanting. How to successfully transplant trees and shrubs. How to evaluate the casualty loss of a tree felled by lightning, establish a value, file an insurance claim and take an income tax deduction. Tip shows how to use lengths of perforated PVC pipe filled with gravel to get water and fertilizer to the base of the root ball of a newly planted tree. How to keep your trees healthy and beautiful. Some tips. How to select, plant, and care for a shade tree. Indoor tree. Tips on a dozen tree-like plants that will flourish in medium or artifical light, plus suggestions for distinctive plant boxes. How to transplant trees and shrubs, both balled and bare-root stock. Tip on planting bare-root stock. SPECIAL SECTION: OUTDOOR LIVING. Ideas for decks, gazebos, poolside pavilion and landscaping. No construction details included. Chart of 50 top shrubs and trees for landscaping. Winter wraps for outdoor plants. Suggestions for protecting evergreens, young trees, shrubs, roses, etc. Standard procedure for planting bare-root trees. Tips on landscaping under a large shade tree. Looks at shade-tolerant plants, deck modules, rock mulch, etc. Treescaping. A guide to selecting and nurturing 15 choice trees for a variety of landscape effects. Winterizing shrubs and trees. Some tips. Insurance for trees. Advice on insuring valuable trees and/or determining loss value for tax purposes. Tips on keeping trees healthy. Guide to trees for indoor use. Use short lengths of plastic drain pipe to protect the trunks of small trees from rabbits and other critters. How to protect your trees and shrubs from winter kill. A guide to summer-flowering trees. How to raise early-blooming trees and shrubs such as forsythia, saucer magnolia, etc. A guide to raising large houseplants and trees under artificial light. Winter wraps for your garden. How to protect trees and shrubs during the winter. Tip on avoiding over-fertilization of trees when using lawn fertilizer. Tips on cause and prevention of frost cracking on trees. Profiles in green. A brief look at some deciduous trees, shurbs and vines which remain verdant year-round. How to choose trees for the mixed border. Nine varieties recommended. A step-by-step guide to planting a fruit tree. Step-by-step guide to winterizing a tub-grown tree. Raising standards. How to train a tree or shrub that would normally assume a bushy or floppy outline to become a single stem. Sketches show how to train a standard privet and a standard wisteria. The use of variegated plants in landscaping. Variegated species of trees and shrubs are described. A sampler of trees and shrubs that produce brilliant fall colors. Repotting a container-grown tree. Tree planting without tears (or stakes or wires or pruning). Sizzling caesalpinias. A look at species of these subtropical trees and shrubs. Advice on growing them in zones 9 and 10 and in containers. Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum), its qualities and culture. Advice on shrubs and trees that will give privacy from the road and that will tolerate deicing salts. Advice on leaving the wire basket or untreated burlap on a root ball when planting a tree is defended. A suggestion on trees and shrubs that produce orange foliage color in the fall. Advice on caring for a cavity in a tree. Causes of gummosis in fruit trees discussed. Tips on preserving trees from damage around your home. Tips on how to gather forest greens for sale to florist supply houses. How to winterize yard plants and trees. How to manage a woodlot. How to dig and sell native trees for a living. How to propagate trees, shrubs, and vines. A look at the Fry hybrid poplars that grow fast enough to harvest the wood in 4 years. Try forestry maintenance for fun and profit. A short guide to dwarfing rootstocks. Growing conifers from seed. How to make money by collecting and selling balsam boughs. Controlling erosion. How to fight it with plants, mulch, brush mats and wattles, contour trenches, gullies, and check dams. Insert describes how to cut and use willow stakes that will turn into a row of willow trees. Basic tree-planting steps. Included in an article on the importance of trees. Small woodlot management. How to start and implement a management plan. How to make a living from an orchard of superproductive dwarf fruit trees that can be grown on just a few acres. Advice on organic pest controls, locating and assessing land, plant varieties, layout and preparation. Tip: How to clean out a decayed cavity in a live tree and then patch the cavity to prevent further decay. Trees for solar control. Design your landscape for natural cooling. Instant landscaping with trees and shrubs. The emphasis is on selecting and planting trees. Selecting, planting and maintaining street trees. Suggestions for trees and shrubs that duplicate the heirloom trees purchased from tree peddlers in the late 1800s. Tips on where and where not to plant them. How to transplant native shrubs and trees (dogwood, mulberry, sycamore, red cedar) from the woods to your yard. How to find and transplant tiny seedlings of trees and shrubs. Tips on three ways to fall-feed your trees, both hardwood and evergreen. How to plant fast-growing deciduous trees that can become a source of firewood. Tip: How to get rid of poison ivy twining up a tree without damaging the tree. A new look at tree planting. Tip: Keep newly planted (or transplanted) trees and bushes from sinking by tying them to a stick which extends beyond the freshly dug hole. Tip: Use silicon rubber sealant to repair damaged tree bark. Tip: Kill the roots of unwanted tree seedlings, poison ivy and vines by covering them with tin cans. Managing your woodland to produce more lumber and more firewood. How to raise your own trees and shrubs from seed. Trees that fit small yards. A look at 9 colorful choices that stay under 30 feet with no pruning. New ideas for planting trees. Paint tree trunks with white latex paint to prevent bark splitting. New ideas for transplanting trees and shrubs. Tips on selecting the best shrub or tree specimens for fall planting. How to raise spruce seedlings from seed. Home-built hydraulic drill built from thin-wall conduit and a wooden handle is used to inject water and fertilizer into a tree's root zone. Managing a small woodlot for firewood. A guide on what to cut and what to save. A look at the search for the largest trees of different species and information on how you can become a "big-tree hunter." Tips from a tree expert on nurturing new trees. Ten flowering trees and shrubs to use as accents in a home landscape. Techniques detailed for planting a tree. Winterize your yard. A guide to plant protection to prevent cold weather damage. Your own tree center. Basic rules for choosing and siting trees correctly. Branching out. Choose the best small trees for your landscape. Advice on handling new bulbs, bare-root perennials and nursery stock when planting must be delayed. An explanation of why chlorosis occurs in shade trees, even when there's plenty of iron in the soil, and how to control the problem. Advice on using white paint on fruit tree trunks to protect them from sunscald during the winter. Tips on how to protect fruit trees from late frost. Fruit tree failure. What happens when the wrong rootstock causes a problem. How to make a special planting tube that allows starting and planting trees with long taproots without having the rootball disintegrate. Making trees work for you. Ideas from the Rodale Working Tree Center. A description of 13 small groves that are low-input, low-maintenance and organic. Tip tells how to grow trees from fruit pits for use as rootstock. Tip on using plastic-bottle tree protectors and mulch to improve the survival rate of young trees. Plant the perfect tree for your needs. Selecting trees for color, shade, and privacy. Plant a tree for Arbor Day. Step-by-step planting instructions and advice on care of the tree over the next several years. Correct method for mulching around a tree. How to plant trees and shrubs. Planting mature trees using services which operate truck-mounted tree spades. How to save split trees. How to plant a balled-and-burlapped tree in the fall. Build a tree box to surround one or more trees. Fill the box with mulch. Emergency care for storm-damaged trees. Removing broken branches, dressing wounds, strengthening a split or weakened crotch, etc. Relocating a tree. Details on working with a nursery or tree mover. How to safeguard trees on a construction site. How trees grow and how to care for them. Proper care of trees. A look at different ways oleanders can be used in landscaping. Tips on training an oleander as a tree, as a hedge, and as a screen. Tips on how to clean out, drain, and fill a tree cavity. How to replant "volunteer seedlings" (tree seedlings that have been planted by natural means) and fashion a bonsai, tub tree or full-size yard tree. How to start a manzanitas from cuttings or seeds. A look at the favorite flowers, trees and shrubs from four western mild-winter areas. How to rid your trees of mistletoe. A guide to planting bare-root trees and shrubs. A guide to coral trees. What you need to know before you plant. How to move an evergreen tree "nursery-style", by digging a rootball and wrapping in burlap. Latest recommendations for planting young container-grown trees and shrubs. Tips on raising persimmon trees. How to prevent tree damage caused by severe storms. Inspect your trees for seven danger signs. Tips on shopping for bare-root trees. Fourteen trees to plant for the patio. Tips on growing a bunya-bunya tree. How to shop for a bare-root tree. Tip: How to stake a young tree. Tip: How to deep-feed tree roots. How to build-up or grade around a tree without damaging the root area. The unthirsty 100. Listing of shrubs, ground covers, perennials, vines and trees which get along with little or no summer watering. Tips on planting and watering. How to water the root zone of a tree. Selecting a tree for fall color in California. Chart of 18 trees, their characteristics and color display. Includes tips on site location. The new dwarf fruit trees. Tips on selection and care. Saving your big trees. How to tell if the drought is harming your trees. How to water trees. Shopping tips for bare-root trees. Twelve trees that will thrive indoors and tips on culture and container. Tips on watering trees during the winter. Fall planting tip for root ball trees. How to add a tree to your yard. Advice on correct location, planting, and care. How to select and care for an indoor tree. Tender loving care for trees. Replanting the family farm with black walnut, red oak, white ash and other species of trees. Advice on costs and programs that offer repayment and tax incentives. How to manage a small woodlot of hardwood trees for profit. Includes chart of the stumpage value of a properly managed red oak tree. How to force cuttings from spring-flowering shrubs and trees to bloom indoors. Guidelines for selecting and planting flowering trees and shrubs in your yard. How to transplant trees and shrubs. Tip: How to germinate buckeye seeds. A look at the Ginkgo tree for the home landscape. | |||||||||
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