Cover -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I. THE MOST POPULAR SHRUBS AND SMALL TREES -- 1. Individual Listings -- Abies -- Acer -- Amelanchier -- Aronia -- Berberis -- Buxus -- Caragana -- Cercis -- Chionanthus -- Clethra -- Cornus -- Corylus -- Cotinus -- Cotoneaster -- Daphne -- Diervilla -- Euonymus -- Exochorda -- Forsythia -- Hamamelis -- Hydrangea -- Ilex -- Juniperus -- Lonicera -- Magnolia -- Malus -- Microbiota -- Paeonia -- Perovskia -- Philadelphus -- Physocarpus -- Picea -- Pinus -- Potentilla -- Prunus -- Pyrus -- Rhododendron -- Rhus -- Ribes -- Salix -- Sorbus -- Spiraea -- Symphoricarpos -- Syringa -- Taxus -- Thuja -- Vaccinium -- Viburnum -- Weigela -- Wisteria -- PART II. THE BASICS OF GROWING SHRUBS AND SMALL TREES -- 2. Selecting Shrubs and Small Trees -- How Shrubs and Small Trees Grow -- Buying Shrubs and Small Trees -- Designing with Shrubs -- Potential Uses -- Basic Design Tips -- 3. Selecting and Preparing a Site -- The Correct Site -- Preparing the Site -- 4. Preparing the Planting Hole -- What You Need to Know about Soil -- Matching Shrubs and Small Trees to Soil -- 5. Planting Shrubs and Small Trees -- Buying Shrubs and Small Trees -- Buying Bare Root Plants -- When to Buy Containerized Plants -- Buying Balled and Burlapped Plants -- Growing Shrubs in Containers -- Spacing -- 6. Transplanting -- When to Transplant -- How to Transplant Shrubs and Small Trees -- 7. Caring for Shrubs and Small Trees -- Water -- Mulch -- Fertilizing -- Weeding -- Staking -- Deadheading -- Pruning -- Winter Protection -- 8. Solving Problems -- Organic Disease Prevention and Insect Control -- If You Must Spray -- Chemical Insect and Disease Control -- Physiological, Mechanical, and Nutritional Problems -- Animal Problems -- 9. Propagating Shrubs and Small Trees -- Division from Whole Plants.

Division of Suckers -- Ground Layering, Soil Layering, or Pegging -- Mound Layering -- Stem Cuttings -- Root Cuttings -- Budding and Grafting -- Starting Plants from Seed -- Tissue Culture, Micropropagation, and In Vitro Propagation -- 10. Special Uses for Shrubs and Small Trees -- Cut Stems for Flowers, Foliage, or Berries -- Forcing -- Dried Flowers, Foliage, and Stems -- Fruit and Berries as Food -- 11. Tools and Supplies -- Safety Tips -- Tools and Supplies -- GLOSSARY -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.