Don’t let annuals and perennials have all the fun. Trees flower too!
Batavia, IL – April 19, 2007 – Trees play a prominent role in our landscapes—around our home, our parks and our businesses. They tower over flower beds, provide focal point in yards. They are even functional, providing oxygen, shade, and protection from strong winds. A wise gardener will also plan on a tree’s flower factor!
Expand your exterior decorating to include fantastic flowering trees with
Vincent Simeone’s latest book, Great Flowering Landscape Trees. With detailed descriptions and a deep love of this subject, Vincent Simeone introduces the first book available highlighting solely those flowering trees that create amazing landscape gardens. You’ll find an alphabetical list of flowering trees recommended for their flowers, bark and foliage. Simeone describes each tree in detail, giving habit, leaf and flower color, soil and light requirements, and notable varieties. Resources for more information and ordering trees are provides as is a bibliography and USDA Zone Map. Beautiful color photos of these remarkable flowering trees will inspire you for years to come!
Vincent Simeone is the manager of Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park in Oyster Bay, New York. Simeone has specialized expertise in woody plant identification, plant culture, landscape use and selection of superior varieties. He continues to promote innovative trends in gardening such as proper plant selection, four-season gardening, integrated pest management, historic landscape preservation, and low-maintenance gardening. Simoene is a lecturer, teacher and horticultural consultant. His other books include Great Flowering Landscape Shrubs and Wonders of the Winter Landscape. Vincent Simeone resides in Oyster Bay, New York.
Book Details:
Title: Great Flowering Landscape Trees
Author: Vincent A. Simeone
Publisher: Ball Publishing, Distributed by Independent Publishers Group
Publication: May 2007, $24.95 (CAN $31.95), Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-883052-53-9
Gardening, 152 pages, 8 x 8, color photographs
Available at bookstores everywhere and through Ball Publishing, 335 N. River St., Batavia, IL 60510. Toll-free number for orders only 1-888-888-0013. Visit us online at www.ballpublishing.com
For More Information Contact:
Catherine Stieg
630-208-9080 ext. 136
cstieg@ballpublishing.com