Cold Hardy Palms

Dirr’s Trees and Shrubs for Warm Climates

An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms
By Robert Lee Riffle & Paul Craft

Cowritten by the author of the award-winning The Tropical Look, An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms offers a definitive account of palms that may be grown in the garden and landscape. Because palms are often underutilized as a result of their unfamiliarity — even to tropical gardeners — Robert Lee Riffle and Paul Craft have exhaustively documented every genus in the palm family. Approximately 890 species are described in detail, including cold hardiness, water needs, height, and any special requirements. Generously illustrated with more than 900 photos, this volume is as valuable as an identification guide as it is a practical handbook. It even contains photos of several palm species that have never before appeared in a general encyclopedia. Interesting snippets of history, ethnobotany, and biology inform the text and make this a lively catalog of these remarkable plants.

Florida’s Best Fruiting Plants

Landscape Palms

Native Trees of the South East

Palms and Cycads

Priceless Florida - Natural Ecosystems and Native Species

Priceless Florida presents the incomparable ecological riches of this unique region in a way that will appeal to young and old, laypersons and scientists. A cornucopia of colorful illustrations and exquisite photos makes you feel you’re there.

The comprehensive text enlightens with facts and brims with intriguing curiosities while bridging multiple fields in a crisp, readable style that only seasoned science-educators like Drs. Whitney, Means, and Rudloe could offer.

Tree Climbers Guide Spanish Edition
By Sharon Lilly

An increasing percentage of the arboricultural workforce is Hispanic, and employers must provide appropriate training in safe work practices and techniques. The Tree Climbers’ Guide is an extensively illustrated book written from the perspective of a tree climber. This practical publication serves not only as the study guide for tree worker certification but as a cornerstone for climber training.

Shrubs & Woody Vines of Florida

TREES for Urban and Suburban Landscapes
By Edward F. Gilman

Presenting the most comprehensive full-color tree guide for continental North America!

The Trees of Florida - A Reference and Field Guide
by Gil Nelson

This book is the first comprehensive guide to Florida's amazing variety of tree species. Divided into two sections, this book serves as both a reference and field guide. Both sections help the reader answer the question "What tree is that?" by focusing on the families of Florida's trees. The line drawings show a combination of typical leaves, fruits, and flowers, and while accurate in detail, capture an overall impression, so helpful when trying to identify a species in the field. The color photos, all taken in Florida, are useful where color is important in identification.

Tropical Flowering Plants
A Guide to Identification and Cultivation
By Kirsten Albrecht Llamas

This book bridges a long-standing gap between obscure references in tropical botany and the gardener's need for an accurate, practical guide with clear photographs. Incorporating the latest advances in plant taxonomy from the definitive text of Dr. Walter Judd, the book is a rare work of scrupulous research — and magnificent photography — that will be as useful to the gardener as it is to the botanist. Kirsten Llamas exhaustively documents more than 1400 flowering trees, shrubs, vines, and herbaceous plants commonly grown in tropical and subtropical gardens. She provides thorough information on cultivation for each plant, including growth characteristics, light exposure, cold hardiness, invasive tendencies, and unique horticultural features. More than 1500 color photos of magnificent flowering specimens make this book as much a pleasure to browse as it is a resource for research. Sure to appeal to gardeners, landscapers, nurseries, collectors, botany students, florists, and botanical gardens, Tropical Flowering Plants promises to be a staple reference for decades to come.