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Hicks, Tom

Tropical plant resource : the landscape architect's guide for specifying palms, tropical shrubs, trees, flowers and vines. txt Tom Hicks. American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), PLA. College of Architects & Landscape Architects of Puerto Rico (CAAPPR). - 336 p. color ill. ; 28 cm. book

"An easy-to-use reference for all types of tropical plants" -- Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 335).

Foreword 7 --
Introduction 8 --
The Tropics 10 --
Communicating Design Intent 15 --
Plant List and Planting Notes 15 --
Planting Details 22 --
Written Specifications 27 --
Horticulture 30 --
Plant Propagation 30 --
Pests and Diseases 39 --
Plant Fertilization 49 --
Pruning 55 --
Plant Information 60 --
Palms and Palm-like Plants 60 --
Trees 106 --
Shrubs & Groundcovers 194 --
Climbing Vines 296 --
Glossary of Terms 315 --
Supplements 325 --
General Planting Notes 325 --
Plant Lists by Attributes 327 --
Acknowledgments 334 --
References 335 --
About the Author and Illustrator 336 --


ISBN: 9781938417023 193841702X

LCCN: 2012907004

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Tropical plants--Tropics.
Tropical plants--Identification.
Landscape plants--Tropics.

LC Class. No.: SB407 / H53 2013