Western Garden Book, 2001 Edition

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Book Review: An invaluable resource for the western gardener...
Summary: 5 Stars

While this book offers a range of information, the bulk of it is made-up of reference information on western-friendly plants, alphabetized by botanical name. Whether you're new to gardening or a seasoned expert, being able to look-up the climatic compatibility, care and feeding of the plants at the local nursery goes a long way toward success in the garden.

It is particularly valuable if you tend to buy your plants at large home improvement chain stores, who frequently stock plants that are inappropriate for the local climate, or claim to be perennial, but can only be grown as annual in a harsh winter area, for example. Getting the straight truth from this independent resource instead of believing the questionable advice of an inexperienced clerk or the easy-sounding directions of a plant tag makes the book well worth the asking price.

If you're planting a new garden, other sections of the book offer advice on plant compatibility, or choosing plants for particular environmental conditions.

This later edition sports new color plant illustrations (an improvement over the two-color renderings in previous editions), along with even more plant reference entries. Having owned two editions in soft cover and this new one in hardback, I would suggest the latter. If you end-up using this book as much as I do, you'll want the extra wearability that the hard cover offers.

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