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Plant, Tree, and Flower Books by ASLA Members
Comprehensive guides for cultivating and caring for diverse flora—plants, trees, and flowers—across various landscapes, ensuring vibrant and thriving environments.
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American Plants for American Gardens
Edith A. Roberts and Elsa Rehmann (Athens : University of Georgia Press, 1996).
Aquatic Plants of Pennsylvania
A Complete Reference Guide / Timothy A. Block and Ann Fowler Rhoads (Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011).
Coleus
Rainbow Foliage for Containers and Gardens / Ray Rogers (Portland, Ore. : Timber Press, 2008).
Dirr's Encyclopedia of Trees and Shrubs
Michael A. Dirr (Portland, Ore. : Timber Press, 2011).
Dirr's Trees and Shrubs for Warm Climates
An Illustrated Encyclopedia / Michael A. Dirr (Portland, Ore. : Timber Press, 2002).
The Encyclopedia of Container Plants
More than 500 Outstanding Choices for Gardeners / Ray Rogers (Portland, Ore. : Timber Press, 2010).
Manual of Woody Landscape Plants
Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propagation, and Uses / Michael A. Dirr (Champaign, Ill. : Stipes Pub., 2009).
Oklahoma Native Plants
A Guide to Designing Landscapes to Attract Birds and Butterflies / Connie Scothorn with Brian Patric (Oklahoma City : The RoadRunner Press, 2019).
Plants in Design
A Guide to Designing with Southern Landscape Plants / Brad E. Davis and David Nichols (Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2021).
The Plants of Pennsylvania
An Illustrated Manual / Timothy A. Block (Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007).
Pots in the Garden
Expert Design and Planting Techniques / Ray Rogers (Portland, Ore. : Timber Press, 2007).
The Reference Manual of Woody Plant Propagation
From Seed to Tissue Culture : A Practical Working Guide to the Propagation of over 1100 Species, Varieties, and Cultivars / Michael A. Dirr and Charles W. Heuser, Jr. (Cary, N.C. : Varsity Press, 2006).
The Southern California Native Flower Garden
A Guide to Size, Bloom, Foliage, Color and Texture / Susan Van Atta (Layton, Utah : Gibbs Smith, 2009).
Tiny Taxonomy
Individual Plants in Landscape Architecture / Rosetta S. Elkin (Actar, 2017).
Trees in the Urban Landscape
Site Assessment, Design, and Installation / Peter J. Trowbridge and Nina L. Bassuk (Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley & Sons, 2004).
Trees of Pennsylvania
A Complete Reference Guide / Ann Fowler Rhoads and Timothy A. Block (Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005).
Trees of the California Landscape
A Photographic Manual of Native and Ornamental Trees / Charles R. Hatch (Berkeley : University of California Press, 2007).
Tropical Plant Resource
Tom Hicks; John Allyn (Hilton Head, S.C. : Lydia Inglett Publishing, 2013).
Up By Roots
Healthy Soils and Trees in the Built Environment / James Urban (Champaign, Ill : International Society of Arboriculture, 2008).
Using Plants for Stormwater Management
A Green Infrastructure Guide for the Gulf South / Dana Nunez Brown (Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2013).
Viburnums
Flowering Shrubs for Every Season / Michael A. Dirr (Portland, Ore. : Timber Press, 2007).
Wild and Rare
Tracking Endangered Species in the Upper Midwest / Adam Regn Arvidson (St. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2018).
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