The Little Book of Planting Trees
1st Edition
Published on 7. March 2019
272 pages
978-1-78854-626-3 (ISBN)
Description
From the author of The Wisdom of Trees, an informative and practical guide to tree planting: including guidance on which trees to plant and where; how to plant, propagate and care for your trees; advice on the suitability and virtues of particular native trees (from oak to alder and from beech to blackthorn); amplified by details of how trees grow in nature and the stories of some famous tree planters. A glossary of websites, nurseries, conservation and other organisations completes the volume.
Reviews / Votes
It runs succinctly through the why, which and whereas well as how to look after your trees, famous tree planters and further useful information * The Field *More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Head of Zeus
Illustrations
50 integrated b&w
ISBN-13
978-1-78854-626-3 (9781788546263)
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Max Adams
The Little Book of Planting Trees
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03/2019
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Max Adams is a critically acclaimed biographer and archaeologist and the author of Admiral Collingwood, The Prometheans, The King in the North and Aelfred's Britain. A teacher of woodland and tree histories, he manages an area of woodland in County Durham. www.theambulist.co.uk
Content
- Intro
- About the Author
- Also by Max Adams
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Why plant trees?
- 2. How trees grow and reproduce
- Basic tree design
- Flowers
- Pollen
- Seeds and fruits
- 3. Which trees to plant, and where
- A note on natives.
- . and on ash trees
- Trees for shelter, conservation and landscape
- Trees for fruit and nuts
- Trees for timber, fuel or making things
- Trees for gardens
- Trees for hedges
- Planning a new wood
- Community planting
- Trees for schools (small and large, rural or urban)
- The outdoor classroom
- A note on ponds
- 4. Some British natives for planting
- Silver birch (Betula pendula) and downy birch (Betula pubescens)
- Hazelnut (Corylus avellana)
- Oak (Quercus robur and Quercus petraea)
- Beech (Fagus sylvatica)
- Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia)
- Wild cherry or gean (Prunus avium) and bird cherry (Prunus padus)
- Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) and blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)
- Willows
- Bay willow (Salix pentandra), crack willow (Salix fragilis), goat willow (Salix caprea), grey willow (Salix cinerea), osier willow (Salix viminalis) and white willow (Salix alba)
- Holly (Ilex aquifolium)
- Alder (Alnus glutinosa)
- Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)
- Yew (Taxus baccata)
- Field maple (Acer campestre)
- Fruit and nut trees and bushes
- Britain's other native trees: a challenge
- 5. Planting and propagation
- Planting a tree: two basic methods
- Trees from a nursery
- Trees for free
- Collecting seeds
- Growing trees from seed - how to mimic nature
- Nuts
- Winged seeds
- Fleshy fruits
- Cones
- Cuttings and layering: DIY propagation
- Grafting: an age-old skill
- Suitability
- Tools
- Shelters, fences, guards: pluses, minuses, costs and labour
- 6. Looking after trees
- Water, warmth, sunlight
- Disease and failure
- Pruning
- Coppicing
- Pollarding
- Weeding
- 7. Watching trees
- The four seasons: what trees get up to and when
- Autumn
- Winter
- Spring
- Summer
- What leaves tell us
- Tree behaviour and character
- Trees and other trees: loners and crowds
- Wildlife and trees
- woodland flowers to enhance your trees
- 8. Famous tree planters
- John Evelyn (1620-1706)
- Admiral Collingwood (1748-1810)
- John Chapman (1774-1845)
- Jean Giono (1895-1970)
- Wangari Maathai (1940-2011) and the Green Belt Movement
- The race to reforestation
- 9. What shall we do with all the trees?
- Leave them alone
- 'Conserve' them?
- Plant them in huge numbers?
- Rewild the land?
- Trees for produce
- Useful information
- Further Reading
- About Anima
