Trees, Shrubs, and Roses for Midwest Gardens : Indiana University Press : 9780253214706 : 025321470X : 01 Nov 2001 : Ezra Haggard, author of the popular Perennials for the Lower Midwest, literally takes landscape design to a higher level with this gorgeous book especially for midwesterners. Trees and shrubs add mass and the all-important vertical element to a garden. If well chosen, they also contribute beauty, texture, and color all year long and for years to come, beautifying the home and adding to its value, screening out unattractive elements, providing privacy, and improving with age. Haggard considers all aspects of more than 100 ornamental trees, shrubs, and roses that are suitable for the Midwest, low-maintenance, and guaranteed not to outgrow a small garden. (A mistake in scale is one of the most expensive errors a beginning gardener can make?planting a row of cute baby Canadian hemlocks up against the house, for example.) Haggard gives mature sizes for all the plants he disc