Plant User Handbook: A Guide to Effective Specifying

Preface by Tom La Dell.

Acknowledgements.

Contributors.

I Preliminaries to plant use and the landscape.

1 Introduction to plant use in the landscape.

2 Selecting plant species, cultivars and nursery products.

3 Procuring plants for landscape projects.

II Managing plant growth on landscape sites.

4 Amelioration of underperforming soils.

5 Soil drainage.

6 Weed control in amenity landscapes.

7 The long term health of plants.

III Establishment and management of trees.

8 The establishment of planted nursery stock.

9 Tree roots and buildings.

10 Semi-mature trees.

11 Trees in paving.

12 Creating urban woodlands.

IV Establishment and management of smaller woody plants.

13 Shrub mosaics and woodland edge.

14 Ground cover.

15 Hedges and their management.

16 Pruning shrubs.

17 Climbing plants.

18 Roof gardens.

V Establishment and management of herbaceous plants.

19 Wildflowers in rural landscapes.

20 Wildflower landscapes in the urban environment.

21 Aquatic planting.

22 Direct-sown annual meadows.

23 Bedding plants.

24 Bulbous plants for use in designed landscapes.

25 Herbaceous perennials.

26 Amenity and sports turf seed.

27 The management of amenity grasslands.

Index.

Plant index.

The color plate section can be found opposite p 172