Planting Design: A Manual Of Theory And Practice

This book is intended as a text for students and a resource manual for designers and landscape architects. The tabular listing of woody plants has proved to be a valuable reference for students and experienced designers. This plant listing focuses on the design qualities that are important to the designer. In addition, the list includes a brief description of the type of landscape composition that best suits each individual plant. The listing of herbaceous plants, by contrast, presents the flower color, season of bloom, and height and spread for each perennial. This allows the designer to quickly identify the perennials that produce the color needed, that flower in the season needed, and that provide the needed height and spread for the design being developed.