A landscape architect's working manual of 1921: not how to grow a plant but where to put it — the plant lists, the groupings, the seasons of bloom, and the reasons behind a designed garden.

Accent and Specimen Trees and Shrubs

2 pages in this part of The Complete Garden.

Accent and Specimen Trees and Shrubs (There are two kinds)

There are two kinds of specimen plants, those which are used as single specimens, with full space allowed for their normal development, and…

Accent and Specimen Trees and Shrubs (Betula alba fastigiata)

Betula alba fastigiata Pyramidal White Birch Carpinus betulus fastigiata Pyramidal Hornbeam Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Lawson's Cypress…

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