Trees in the Urban Landscape : Site Assessment, Design, and Installation

Rating:
Summary: First Rate!
Review: As a horticulturist who works in both urban and suburban settings, I was thrilled to find this book. In every job site-not just the "urban" ones-I encounter environments that are inhospitable (if not hostile!) to tree growth. Trees in the Urban Landscape walks me through site analysis and site modification, plant selection, planting, and after care, addressing such various issues as how much soil volume is really enough for a given species to how to create "breakout trenches" for existing trees.

The illustrations and photos are excellent, techniques are explicitly outlined step by step, and the appendix includes extremely useful lists of trees that can tolerate wet and dry conditions, pH extremes, and salt damage.

I would recommend this book to horticulturists, landscape architects, city foresters, nurserymen, garden writers, landscape contractors, and anyone who wants to give trees the best possible advantage in the challenging situations that we encounter every day.

I count this book as one of my top three most useful references, in the company of Dirr's Manual of Woody Landscape Plants and Gilman's Illustrated Guide to Pruning. Trees in the Urban Landscape is a unique and indispensable contribution to arboriculture.