The Little Book of Planting Trees by Adams, Max -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover About the Author Also by Max Adams Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Introduction 1. Why plant trees? 2. How trees grow and reproduce

Basic tree design Flowers Pollen Seeds and fruits

3. Which trees to plant, and where

A note on natives… … and on ash trees Trees for shelter, conservation and landscape Trees for fruit and nuts Trees for timber, fuel or making things Trees for gardens Trees for hedges Planning a new wood Community planting Trees for schools (small and large, rural or urban) The outdoor classroom A note on ponds

4. Some British natives for planting

Silver birch (Betula pendula) and downy birch (Betula pubescens) Hazelnut (Corylus avellana) Oak (Quercus robur and Quercus petraea) Beech (Fagus sylvatica) Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) Wild cherry or gean (Prunus avium) and bird cherry (Prunus padus) Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) and blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) Willows

Holly (Ilex aquifolium) Alder (Alnus glutinosa) Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) Yew (Taxus baccata) Field maple (Acer campestre) Fruit and nut trees and bushes Britain’s other native trees: a challenge

5. Planting and propagation

Planting a tree: two basic methods Trees from a nursery Trees for free Collecting seeds Growing trees from seed - how to mimic nature

Nuts Winged seeds Fleshy fruits Cones

Cuttings and layering: DIY propagation Grafting: an age-old skill Suitability Tools Shelters, fences, guards: pluses, minuses, costs and labour

6. Looking after trees

Water, warmth, sunlight Disease and failure Pruning Coppicing Pollarding Weeding

7. Watching trees

The four seasons: what trees get up to and when

Autumn Winter Spring Summer

What leaves tell us Tree behaviour and character Trees and other trees: loners and crowds Wildlife and trees; woodland flowers to enhance your trees

8. Famous tree planters

John Evelyn (1620-1706) Admiral Collingwood (1748-1810) John Chapman (1774-1845) Jean Giono (1895-1970) Wangari Maathai (1940-2011) and the Green Belt Movement The race to reforestation

9. What shall we do with all the trees?

Leave them alone ‘Conserve’ them? Plant them in huge numbers? Rewild the land? Trees for produce

Useful information Further Reading About Anima