This encyclopedia---combining the best from Mike Dirr\'s previous treasures, Dirr\'s Hardy Trees and Shrubs and Dirr\'s Trees and Shrubs for Warm Climates, with his diamond-tough opinions of recent introductions---is the ultimate illustrated reference to woody plants for all who covet the best, from majestic oaks to four-season-interest shrubs..
This encyclopedia---combining the best from Mike Dirr\'s previous treasures, Dirr\'s Hardy Trees and Shrubs and Dirr\'s Trees and Shrubs for Warm Climates, with his diamond-tough opinions of recent introductions---is the ultimate illustrated reference to woody plants for all who covet the best, from majestic oaks to four-season-interest shrubs.