Native trees and shrubs for your garden - Jill Hamilton

Indigenous plants are enjoying a revival in British gardens. This book focuses on the best plants for a wide variety of garden styles and habitats, enabling gardeners to achieve a balance between natural harmony and ornamental beauty. Profiling 65 of the best native shrubs and trees for your garden, it gives all the information you need to choose the most suitable. For each plant there is an entry giving the fullest information, from historical uses to the ecosystem that it will support, from its maximum height to hints for propagation.

Jill, Duchess of Hamilton is the spirit behind Flora-for-Fauna, the charity that encourages gardeners to grow native plants to help wildlife. She is a vice-president of Butterfly Conservation and a Fellow of the Linnean Society. She lives in London.

... handy gardening guide ... it will assist gardeners to achieve a balance between natural harmony and ornamental beauty
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This book will appeal to the amateur gardeners who want to do their bit towards the environment by having an understanding of the roles that native trees and shrubs play in British wildlife
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