- Hardcover: 624 pages
- Publisher: Sunset Books,U.S.; 6th edition (1 Oct 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0376038500
- ISBN-13: 978-0376038500
- Product Dimensions: 27.2 x 21.6 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,370,996 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Describes several thousand plants that can be grown in twenty-four specific climates, from Idaho, Utah, and Arizona to the Pacific beaches, and tells how to care for them.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
As a garden adviser here in Portugal there is no other book that I would recomend for both the novice or addict for consise and precise advise on all aspects of gardening and landscaping. The most important feature is it's extremely easy to use climate guide dealing with both aspects of plant hardiness. Simply see what already grows in your area, compare this it's zone rating and you will see what else will grow and more importantly what is not worth trying and why. Worth every penny.
This is a book that every nursery person, horiculturalist and landscape designer uses. Four years of Landscape Architecture was great, but I am always using this one! It is outstanding for the novice. I recommend it for my adult education landscape design class. They all say they were nervous about the price, but it has worth every penny. If you still have the old one-get this one. All the things we wish they would change have been done. I have had a design firm in Montana and Washington State. It didn't forget the folks out in the middle of the Washington desert or the mountains of Montana! Most books can't cross those horticultural borders like this one.
Buy the hardback version because this book will get your fingers walking frequently. The first book I reach for and often the only one I need. For me it is particularly helpful for desert plant selection and descriptions, but any western gardner will find a wealth of information. There are 24 sections on plant selection for specific needs and situations including shade, color, site, fragrance, native, season, foliage, compatibility, birds/butterflies, and others. Color plates accompany many of the selections along with growing requirments. Double index of gardening topics and common/scientific names. Excellent sketches of 6000 individual plants with similar family members. Much peripheral info such as how to read scientific names, pest problems/solutions, resourses, fine tuning of climatic zones. This is a fine reference book. An excellent source for new and experienced gardners.
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