Authors:David S. MacKenzie, Timber Press Staff,
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
Keywords: timber, pocket, press, guides, covers, guide, ground
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2006-06-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0881927988
ISBN-13: 9780881927986
More than 1000 readily available ground covers are profiled in this guide, accompanied by 320 photos. The entries are arranged in alphabetical order and include extensive cultural notes, suggested uses in the landscape, and a brief summary of the plant’s main ornamental features. Hardiness zones, growth rate, and spacing recommendations round out the descriptions. A glossary, suggestions for further reading, nursery sources, and lists of plants for specific landscape situations provide gardeners with everything they need to successfully incorporate ground covers in their landscapes. This
Author: Steve K. Chappell
Publisher: Fox Maple Press
Keywords: timber, construction, traditional, frames, amp, design, framer, workshop, joinery
Number of Pages: 252
Published: 1998-07-01
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 188926900X
ISBN-13: 9781889269009
Timber Framing has been a part of our building culture and an inspiration to mankind since the Middle Ages. As we enter a new millenium, it is designed to remain as one of building’s most enduring forms, not only because of its intrinsic beauty, but because it is a pure and complete structural system.
Authors:Steve Trudell, Joe Ammirati,
Publisher: Timber Press
Keywords: field, press, timber, guides, guide, pacific, northwest, mushrooms
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2009-07-22
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 0881929352
ISBN-13: 9780881929355
The Pacific Northwest is one of the best places to find mushrooms -- they are both abundant and spectacularly diverse. Yet until now, there has been no mushroom guide that focuses on the region. This compact, beautifully illustrated guide presents descriptions and photographs of 460 of the region’s most conspicuous, distinctive, and ecologically important mushrooms. The geographic range covered by the book includes Oregon, Washington, southern British Columbia, Idaho, and westernmost Montana, with an emphasis on the heart of mushroom country: the low- to mid-elevation forest habitats of
Authors:J. D. Vertrees, Peter Gregory,
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
Keywords: timber, pocket, press, guides, maples, guide, japanese
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2007-04-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0881927996
ISBN-13: 9780881927993
The Timber Press Pocket Guide to Japanese Maples describes and illustrates 300 of the most widely available Japanese maples in North America and Europe. Along with basic information on cultivation and maintenance, it provides lists of trees for specific landscape uses, enabling gardeners to select the best trees for various garden conditions. Fifty newer cultivars are presented, including four outstanding trees that are expected to become very popular in the near future. The guide is a valuable complement to the 3rd edition of J. D. Vertrees’ Japanese Maples (updated in 2001 by Peter Gre
Author: Robert Lee Riffle
Publisher: Timber Press
Keywords: timber, pocket, press, guides, guide, palms
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2008-02-14
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0881927767
ISBN-13: 9780881927764
Given their diversity and versatility, it is surprising that palms are underutilized in landscapes and gardens, even in tropical climes. Several reasons account for this, including misconceptions about the plants’ growing requirements and unfamiliarity with their ornamental qualities. This pocket guide remedies both problems. It unlocks the keys to successfully growing 200 of the most common and easily obtainable palm species and hybrids, and it highlights botanical characteristics that are of interest to gardeners and landscapers. Each description includes details of trunk, crownshaft,
Author: Mary K. Toomey
Publisher: Timber Press
Keywords: timber, pocket, press, guides, guide, clematis
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2006-06-29
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0881928143
ISBN-13: 9780881928143
Written by three distinguished clematis experts, the Timber Press Pocket Guide to Clematis profiles 300 stunning plants from an international selection of garden-worthy species and hybrids, from long-time favorites to the highly sought-after new cultivars coming out of Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Japan. All the plants are readily available at clematis nurseries, including 100 award winners which have proven themselves to experienced and inexperienced gardeners alike. Specific cultivation information is given for each plant, including hardiness zones, light and temperature needs, and time of f
Author: J.M. Dinwoodie OBE
Publisher: Spon Press
Keywords: behaviour, nature, timber
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2000-06-05
List price: $230.00
ISBN-10: 0419255508
ISBN-13: 9780419255505
The book adopts a materials science approach to timber, and comprehensively examines the relationship between the performance of timber and its structure.
