Dirr's Encyclopedia of Trees and Shrubs [Hardcover]

Seasoned gardeners, landscape professionals including nursery and garden center personnel, designers, architects and enthusiastic beginners need look no further.

His bookManual of Woody Landscape Plantshas been a go to reference around the office years so we're excited about his latest book. (PAllenSmith.com )

A new gold-standard. [R]efreshingly readable and personable for a reference manual. This book will be your personal Dr. Dirr ready and willing to advise you and your customers on the right plant for the right purpose. (GreenProfit Buzz )

If you're the type of gardener who likes to settle in with big, fat reads over the winter, Dirr's 8-pound (I weighed it) "Encyclopedia of Trees Shrubs" (Timber Press) could keep you occupied until April. (OC Register )

[H]e grows or has grown many of the plants he writes about. Fortunately for the rest of us, his passion for plants continues and this book is bound to gain him even more fans. (EricaGlasener.com )

Professor Michael A. Dirr is THE MAN when it comes to woody plants. And I agree smart, opinionated, comprehensive, wonderful - all true! (GardenRant )

A gorgeous updated version of the classic. Do you need it? Yes! (Upstate Gardeners' Journal )

Excellent and thorough coverage I would recommend this book to any gardener seeking a definitive book on woody landscape plants for North America. (Working Mom's Garden Blog )

Michael A. Dirr does not disappoint." (Nursery Management Magazine )

Dirr has guided discerning gardeners for decades -- he has made the American landscape a better place. (The Washington Post )

The man we have all relied on for decades outdoes even himself in sussing out the woody-plant picture today. (AWayToGarden.com )

Dirr has added another well-written and slickly produced book to his volumes on plants used in ornamental horticulture. Educational as well as inspirationalthis is likely to become a standard reference for including trees and shrubs in gardens of all types. (Booklist )

Long regarded as the nations foremost expert on trees and shrubs, Dr. Dirr draws on his encyclopedic knowledge and years of personal experience with trees and shrubs. (Better Homes and Gardens )

For obsessed plant geeks, this 8-pound tome gives renowned Prof. Michael Dirrs rundown on just about every woody plant youd ever want to grow (and lots you wouldnt.) Its got color photos, too. (GeorgeWeigel.net )

Whether you're a landscape designer or architect or just a garden enthusiast, you can't do without either of these (Dirrs Encyclopedia of Trees Shrubs and the Manual of Woody Landscape Plants) books. The new Dirr Encyclopedia is a sheer delight, and way too long in coming! (Garden Design Online )

This is likely to become a standard reference for including trees and shrubs in gardens of all types. Highly recommended. (Booklist )

"More like an arboreal expose than an encyclopedia, everyone who has something woody in their life needs to own a copy of this bookDirrs Hardy Trees and Shrubs helps us separate the dynamos from the dregs" (Cuttings )

Dirrs frank and often witty assessments make his works all the more special, unique, and fun to read. (The American Gardener )

The world of trees and shrubs is dealt with as thoroughly as anyone has done it before. (The Oregonian )

"This is an important and valuable book, truly Michael Dirr's magnum opus, and well worth the price." (Smith Mountain Laker Magazine )

"Dirr... fills the text with fascinating information for the gardener, landscape architect, and all those curious about the trees and shrubs they may encounter." (Booklist )

"Everything you will ever need or want to know about the...beauties in your own yard...is here." (Tri-Valley Herald )

With Dirr's Hardy Trees and Shrubs and Dirr's Trees and Shrubs for Warm Climates, Michael Dirr set the gold standard for horticultural reference. This season, Timber Press is proud to publish his seminal work, Dirr's Encyclopedia of Trees and Shrubs, the most comprehensive visual reference on this important subject. A combination of Dirr's bestselling books under one cover, adding new plants, new photographs, plus all new commentary in Dirr's signature style, it is the bible of woody plants. From majestic evergreens to delicate vines and flowering shrubs, Dirr features thousands of plants and all the essential details for identification, planting, and care, plus full-color photographs showing a tree's habit in winter, distinctive bark patterns, fall color, and more. In a class by itself for its quality of information, the best researched recommendations for hardiness in the industry, beautiful photography, and Dirr's own preeminence as a master plantsman, Dirr's Encyclopedia of Trees and Shrubs is a critical addition to any garden library.