A beautiful revised edition, with foreword by Paul Clarke, and 10 new recipes. "A shrub is exactly what the people who invented the phrase 'slake your thirst' had in mind. A shrub is full of character and variety. The ingredients—fruit, sugar, and vinegar—are as simple as can be. But the variations are seemingly unlimited. It has another superpower: A strong shrub game can help you make the most of bruised or aging summer fruit." –The New York Times, in an article featuring Shrubs Michael Dietsch took the mixology community by storm when he brought back a popular drink from colonial times, the shrub. Not the green, leafy kind that grow in the ground, but a vintage drink mixer that can be spiked with alcohol or prepared as a soda. Drinkers, bartenders, and the media embraced the book. This new edition features a foreword by Paul Clarke, the Executive Editor of Imbibe magazine and author of The Cocktail Chronicles. Here is the definitive guide to making and using shrubs.
Ray Bracken, Piedmont, South Carolina, started the introduction bandwagon in the Southeast with 'Bracken's Brown Beauty', patented in 1985. I estimate 15 to 18 new cultivars in the last 25 years. Alta® ('TMGH'), upright-columnar to ...
In this book you'll find: foundation plants that won't outgrow their place; shrubs that provide flowers from earliest spring to late in fall; shrubs that provide colorful leaves in fall, interesting branches in winter; berried shrubs to ...
Bibliography for Scientific ( Latin ) Names BAILEY , LIBERTY HYDE n.d. How Plants Get Their Names . Dover Publications , N.Y. , NY . BAILEY , RALPH , Editor 1948. The Home Garden Self - Pronouncing Dictionary of Plant Names .
Trees and Shrubs
• Learn how to frame outdoor living spaces by selecting the best foundation of trees, shrubs, and woody vines. • Learn how to select woody plants for purpose, site adaptability, ornamental aspects, and care required. • Popular ...
Illustrates and describes broad-leaved woody plants indigenous to the northern United States.
Provides descriptions, origins, growing instructions, and legends associated with various trees and shrubs
Offers advice on selecting, growing, and caring for ornamental tropical shrubs.
Discusses the role of trees and shrubs in the ecology of Kentucky, provides a guide to identification, and briefly describes each species
In this companion volume to the bestselling The Midwestern Native Garden: Native Alternatives to Nonnative Flowers and Plants, Charlotte Adelman and Bernard L. Schwartz offer another indispensible guide to replacing nonnative plants with ...