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"This lavishly illustrated encyclopedia describes the best woody plants, form Abeliophyllum to Zenobia, adapted to cooler climates. It shows both habit and details - flower, fruit, bark, fall color - for more than 500 species and describes some 700 additional cultivars and varieties, many of wich are illustrated.
There has never been a book quite like this because the author brings unique qualifications and experience to the task: as well as being one of the most influential figurers in American horticulture, Mike Dirr is also a superb photographer, and over a period of more than 25 years he has created a library of exemplary photographs of notheworthy trees, shrubs, and vines."