To avoid bad choices and consequences a few years down the line (e.g. that spruce squashed up against the house), home gardeners and professional landscapers would be well advised to spend some
time with Pennsylvania-based garden-writer Bitner's abundantly illustrated book. He has arranged material into chapters on shape (e.g. spiky, mounding, weeping); color; and conifers for
specific sites and conditions (e.g. front gardens, hedges & screens, topiary, containers, shade, bonsai). He includes a chapter on underused conifers and a case study garden. Appendices
offer information on deer, wet spots, southern gardens, Christmas trees, places to see conifers, and places to see bonsai collections. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
(booknews.com)
