Re: favorite shade garden book

Hank,
Had AHS A-Z for sometime now and while its doesnt list all it does a better than average job listing zones,propagation and cultivation(always controversial that subject)as well,all and all I'd not want to give it up,use it quite alot....Lucky you with a gift certificate,however I got mine for a pittance for joining the Garden Book Club.(a promotional to join).Dont think you'd be  sorry ,if your looking for an encyclopedia type reference.
Connie

Hank Zumach wrote:

> I received a gift certificate for a book and would appreciate hearing which are your favorite shade gardening reference books.  The ones that I already have are Schmid's 'The Genus Hosta',  Aden's 'The Hosta Book', and Schenk's 'The Complete Shade Gardener'.  Although not specifically related to shade, I also have Rodale's 'Illustrated Encyclopedia of Perennials' and Cresson's 'American Flower Garden'.  At this point, I 'm not interested in another hosta specific book and might want to get a more general shade book.  A specific book that I'm considering is 'American Horticultural Society's A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants' but it is kind of pricey.  If anyone has this book, can you let me know what you think of it?  All comments are welcomed.
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> Hank Zumach
> Better Gnomes & Gardens
> Stoddard, WI
> zone 4B
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