Re: favorite shade garden book

At 10:07 PM -0500 7/31/00, 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.

You might like "Growing Perennials in Cold Climates" by Mike Heger
(runs the Twin Cities' Ambergate Nursery) and John Whitman (author of
several other books).

The Brooklyn Botanical Garden series are always inspirational, and
not expensive.  Perhaps you could get several. The shade gardening
and woodland gardening books are both good, and I think both include
sections written by C. Colston Burrell, who used to be a prominent
Twin Cites gardener before he moved to VA.

"Taylor's 50 Best Perennials for Shade" is a perfectly useful little book.

Robert Gillmore's "The Woodland Garden" is not useful, though it is a
fascinating presentation of a madman's vision.

I learned a huge amount from the Royal Horticulture Society's "Plant
Propagation."

Good luck!  Getting new garden books is always fun!

Karen. [also in zone 4]
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