It has some great details and i think it goes a bit more in depth on some of the plants compared to the sunset s 2014 western garden book. The sunset books division was created in 1946 when sunset magazine created a separate book division to publish content from its magazines. Its a bit pricey compared to most apps, but with 1 gb of content, the book is packed full of tried and true tips. Gardeners throughout the region will be welcoming a thoroughly updated and freshlooking 8th edition of the bible of western gardening. Sunset magazines unparalleled reference guide for western gardeners springs to life for ipad, iphone, and the web on inkling. Sunset was originally established as a subsidiary of warner bros. You get the free mobile edition of the plant finder for your smartphone. Sunsets western garden book can tell you everything youll ever need to know about plants. Besides having descriptions for zillions of plants over 8,000 keyed to climate zones, there are lists for everything. There is a nice long section featuring actual gardens throughout the.
If you garden anywhere from montana, wyoming, colorado, new mexico west to alaska and hawaii and corresponding areas of canada, this is a reference youll return to again and again. Inventory and pricing at your store will vary and are subject to change at any time. This particular issue has become my favorite working bible and i keep one copy in the house for reference and another in my garden yard supply area. The ultimate guide to lowwater beds, borders and containers truly serves as encouragement to gardeners of all levels to rethink their gardens, especially their lawns. It is a landscaping book tailored specifically to midwest conditions ohio, missouri, illinois, iowa, kansas, michigan, wisconsin, minnesota, north dakota, south dakota, nebraska. The company operates from southern progresss menlo park, california office and.
The heart of the new sunset western garden book is a revised 368page encyclopedia that includes 57 new genera major plant families, 195 new species, and 657 new varieties, strains, and selections. Plants from the mediterranean and near eastern regions thrive here. There is a digital component to the new sunset western garden book. Written by experts for gardeners in the west, this book is an indispensible reference for beginning and expert gardeners alike. The western reader will find plenty of ideas and tips on growing beautiful gardens, primarily in the western. When rebecca sweets grandmother relocated from leafy mountain view to lake tahoe in the 1960s, she brought along her sunset western garden book, determined to continue gardening in a daunting new.
The sunset western garden book was one of the first gardening books we picked up when we bought our house back in 1998. The first plant collection to focus exclusively on top performing plants for the western gardener. The predictions for the newer appreciation of enhanced content are really focused on the understanding that digital publishers have finally gotten. Brenzel january 4, 2012 1 of photo by linda lamb peters what to plant. The new sunset western garden book is the ultimate flower and vegetable growing guide for this area. Buy sunset western garden book sunset western garden book paper revised, updated by brenzel, kathleen norris isbn. The best hollywood history i have devoured in a long time. Western garden book also offers very specific zonal descriptions for every region of the west and in a much more specific way then the usda zones. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Completely redesigned and updated for todays homeowner and landscape professional, this book has the proven, reliable, expert information that readers. The new sunset western garden book sunset magazine. Its status in the west is such that i owned three copies by the end of my first year. Modeled after sunsets western garden book, this very serviceable handbook features excellent descriptions of each u. Theres a companion online plant finder that lists plants as you browse by color, height, spread and special needs.
For generations of westerners, the sunset western garden book has been the goto guide for all things plant related. Sunset books is a book publishing company that operates as a part of southern progress corporations oxmoor house book publishing division. Sunset western garden book mountain valley growers. This completely revised edition of the western garden book includes more than 2,000 new plant entries, all new fourcolor plant illustrations, improved climate zone information for the western states and new maps for alaska, hawaii, and southwest canada. From time to time, about every 34 years or so, they republish it. Written by experts for gardeners in the west, this book is an indispensable reference for beginning and expert gardeners alike. Sunset western garden books, first edition abebooks. It is widely planted in old and new world tropics, but sunset western garden book points out that so many gardeners find this south african native appealing that it is grown in zones far beyond safe limits. The plants youll want to grow this year, plus great gardening ideas from our 2012 edition written by kathleen n. Louis and spring warren sit down with poet gary snyder to talk about how he became a californian and what the future holds for west coast poetry. Its also readable, and interesting, with sections at the front of the book showing plant lists for various types of gardens. Its first production was a series of halfhour shows.
Sunset western garden book sunset western garden book. We travel the world to bring you the best new plants for your western gardens. Some of the navigation is a bit of a task to figure out at first perhaps with the somewhat convoluted inkling publishing platforms ui to blame, but once you figure out the lay of the digital land, the new sunset western garden book is an evolutionary extension of the wealth of information for gardeners and home improvement types offered throughout the years by. Hilltops and valley floors of interior southern california. A new version is out this month, now dubbed the new sunset western garden book, and its a significant improvement over our old copy lavish photos have replaced the drawings of my 1998 copy. Sunset western garden book only 1 left in stock order soon. This book has been so helpful in starting my garden. Western garden by sunset publishing creator online at alibris. Some of the navigation is a bit of a task to figure out at first perhaps with the somewhat convoluted inkling publishing platforms ui to blame, but once you figure out the lay of the digital land, the new sunset western garden book is an evolutionary extension of the wealth of information for gardeners and home improvement types offered throughout the years by sunset. Their garden encyclopedia was first published more than 4 decades ago. The western garden book presents hundreds of pages worth of gardening wisdom from the editors of sunset magazine.
They include new or newly available trees, house plants, herbs, bulbs, ferns, ground covers, vines, annuals, and perennials. The book emphasizes droughttolerant ground covers, permeable paving, succulents, native grasses and containers, and has lots of images for inspiration. Sunset western garden book kathleen norris brenzel. Buy sunset western garden book by sunset online at alibris.
Place, poetry, and the sunset western garden book boom. Following the bestselling success of the previous editions of the western garden book, this edition includes a fresh new look, thousands of color photographs, fresh illustrations, and an easytofollow format. The latest edition, the 8th, was published in february 2007. Microclimates are important not only to gardeners, but also to vintners, since microclimates can have a profound effect on grapes and wine. Published this year, it features climate zones so you can determine which flowers work best in your growing zone. Sunset western garden book ninth edition sunset youtube. Ruffled petals swirl about like a flamenco dancers skirt. I have relied on sunset s western garden book, in its various issues, for many years. Although there arent many photos, the plant selection guide does have good characterizations of the most popular garden plants, all very well crossreferenced. By devoured i mean i ate, drank and slept this book for 2 days. It gave me excellent details and all of my vegetables i was growing from seed have sprouted right away and are already being planted without issue.
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