new England’s version of sunset western gardening?
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prairiemoon2 z6b MA
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Embothrium
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2012 Sunset Western Garden Book is Here!
Comments (10)The newer editions are useful (the ones with the color drawings of the plants), but what has struck me is how little some of the plant descriptions have changed over the years. I have some old editions (like the one with the sprial binding) and the wording of some plant descriptions has not changed since that time. Of course many more plants have been added along with new information and I just point this out as an interesting sidelight in general. The book is a valuable resource for gardeners. My copies usually have dirt smudges on some pages....See MoreOpinions on new Sunset WGB (8th ed.)
Comments (8)Well, I had the opportunity to look at the book this weekend, and it's definitely different from the old one. Overall, I don't care for it. One point of contention with me is the dumping of the plant name index. I liked to use it to look up names of plants that might have actual photos listed in the book, other than in the encyclopedia section. Another thing I noticed that was missing from this version (in the short time I was able to examine the book) was the listing for cut flowers in the front (Problem Solvers, I think), because I was specifically looking for something. I WAS pleased with the Salvias listing, of course. :) And I like that there are 500 new plant listings (I wonder if that list is somewhere for viewing...), but I'll definitely be ordering a copy of the old one as soon as I can, to replace my "broken" one. "We don't want this book to get so heavy that people don't want to use it any more," says [editor] Brenzel. For me, more is better, so that's just not possible. Brenda...See MoreHAVE: A variety of new hard back garden books
Comments (2)Hi Kristi, Please check my exchange page. I also have a lot of plants that aren't listed, like named salvias, rosemary, verbenia, agastache, etc. And I have a lot of the naked ladies bulbs. Please drop me a note and we can discuss. Thx! Sheri...See MoreSunset Magazine v. Fine Gardening Or?
Comments (24)I'm not sure I'd necessarily agree with that assessment. While it may not have much 'meat' of interest to a professional horticulturist, I think the content is very appropriate, appealing and informative for the average gardener. There is always some sort of discussion about new plant introductions or less common plants, good design tips, interesting plant combinations and various gardening techniques, all well illustrated. I quite liked the article on some common myths or fallacies regarding organic gardening practices and brought a dose of realism into what is often a blindly followed practice just because it seems like the environmentally correct, "green" thing to do, especially pointing out the high toxicity of some organic pest controls that many average gardeners are not aware of. Many think that because it is labeled 'organic' it is 'safe', which is not necessarily true....See MoreFlowerDreams 6b
4 years agoThank you both so so much!
I am in zone 6b, I’m most interested in vegetables/berries and creating a cutting garden of flowers. I have about a 10*5 community garden plot and It was my first year having any land for outdoor gardening and I only started end of June but I had a blast! I grew herbs, salad greens, tomatoes,cucumbers, raspberries, ground cherries, cosmos and zinnias surprisingly well and sort of stumbled with corn, blueberries, peppers, dahlias, strawflower, billyballs. I’m learning as I go but realize now for instance I have no idea what I’m supposed to do with half spent plants and trying to learn to winterize my fig and I did a bad job with layout (newbie mistakes like labeling no seeds haha)
I will look into these books and keep reading here. So happy for your help. Some glory pics within!
claireplymouth z6b coastal MA
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoThanks PM2 for finding that Gardenweb FAQ link. Houzz doesn't allow me to edit the FAQ's now so it never went beyond that. The New England Month by Month book looks useful.
Embothrium posted some Northeast Sunset books found on Amazon. I have no experience with any of these but they look interesting.
Screenshots of Amazon site.
Claireclaireplymouth z6b coastal MA
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NHBabs z4b-5a NH
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mad_gallica (z5 Eastern NY)