Plant User Handbook A Guide to Effective Specifying

by Hitchmough, James; Fieldhouse, Ken

• ISBN13: 9780632058433
• ISBN10: 0632058439
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-12-30
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

An invaluable reference source on soft landscape specification for professional landscapers. Each topic is written by a leading specialist in the field and covers technical data with practical guidance. Ecological characteristics, selection, procurement, elements of planting design, site preparation, establishment and maintenance are all considered.

Author Biography

James Hitchmough is Reader (Associate Professor) at the Department of Landscape, University of Sheffield. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Horticulture and has a wide-ranging interest in the use of vegetation in landscape design management.

Ken Fieldhouse was a qualified Landscape Architecture and trained Town Planner. He was editor of Landscape Design Journal and was deeply involved in a wide range of environmental publishing initiatives.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Christie, Hartel and Porter	v
Preface by Tom La Dell	vii
Acknowledgements	ix
Contributors	xi
I Preliminaries to Plant Use and the Landscape	1	(44)
1 Introduction to Plant Use in the Landscape
James Hitchmough and Peter Thoday
2 Selecting Plant Species, Cultivars and Nursery Products	7	(18)
James Hitchmough
3 Procuring Plants for Landscape Projects	25	(20)
Nick Coslett, Tom La Dell and James Wilson (with contributions from Mike Smith, Mike Browell and John Parker)
II Managing Plant Growth on Landscape Sites	45	(48)
4 Amelioration of Underperforming Soils	47	(16)
Tony Kendle and Bob Sherman
5 Soil Drainage	63	(11)
Gordon Spoor
6 Weed Control in Amenity Landscapes	74	(15)
Bob Froud-Williams
7 The Long-term Health of Plants	89	(4)
Tony Kendle
III Establishment and Management of Trees	93	(70)
8 Establishment of Planted Nursery Stock	95	(18)
James Hitchmough
9 Tree Roots and Buildings	113	(15)
Glynn Percival
10 Semi-mature Trees	128	(15)
James Wilson, Caroline Swann and Peter Thoday
11 Trees in Paving	143	(9)
Tony Edwards and Tim Gale
12 Creating Urban Woodlands	152	(11)
Nerys Jones
IV Establishment and Management of Smaller Woody Plants	163	(82)
13 Shrub Mosaics and Woodland Edge	165	(10)
Nigel Dunnett
14 Ground Cover	175	(9)
Peter Thoday
15 Hedges and their Management	184	(10)
Tom Wright, Terence Henry and Jed Bultitude
16 Pruning Shrubs	194	(17)
Tom La Dell
17 Climbing Plants	211	(10)
Tom La Dell
18 Roof Gardens	221	(24)
Steve Striven
V Establishment and Management of Herbaceous Plants	245	(126)
19 Wildflowers in Rural Landscapes	247	(11)
Neil Bayfield
20 Wildflower Landscapes in the Urban Environment	258	(9)
Richard Scott
21 Aquatic Planting	267	(16)
Kevin Patrick
22 Direct-sown Annual Meadows	283	(9)
Nigel Dunnett
23 Bedding Plants	292	(18)
Richard Bisgrove
24 Bulbous Plants for Use in Designed Landscapes	310	(15)
Fergus Garrett and Rory Dusoir
25 Herbaceous Perennials	325	(18)
James Hitchmough
26 Amenity and Sports Turf Seed	343	(11)
John Hacker
27 The Management of Amenity Grasslands	354	(17)
Andy Boorman
Index	371	(10)
Plant index	381