Re: Zone specific books

Karen,

Where in Zone 5 are you? Upper Midwest, Lower Midwest, NE, or what? It is
important to know because, for instance, there is some zone 5 in places
like Washington State, up in the mountains, but it is hardly the same as
what we have in the Midwest.

I know of no gardening magazines for zone 5.

Indiana University Press (for whom I work)  publishes gardening books for
the Lower Midwest, including zones 5-7. We have have a forthcoming title
on low maintenance shade gardening, but it will probably not be out before
2002.

I have seen a couple of books targeted for the Upper Midwest, which means
NE, KS, etc. and probably zone 4.

There is a GARDENER'S GUIDE series published by Cool Springs Press, which
may be the series Diann is referring to. They are called things like
TENNESSEE GARDENER'S GUIDE, ILLINOIS GARDENER'S GUIDE. They are done with
a very cookie-cutter approach. The publisher arranges with a well known
gardening figure in each state to do a book, specifically telling them
exactly what to write. Thus I think they are all pretty much the same,
overall, but I suppose they do vary in terms of what is appropriate to
plant.

Bobbi Diehl
Bloomington, IN
zone 5/6



On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Karen Bunch wrote:

> Hey Shaders -
>
> Like everyone else, I have been receiving those harbingers of spring -
> seed/plant catalogues.  With today's temperature at +16 and the wind chill
> at -16, my thoughts have turned to the garden . . . what else do you do in
> this weather?
>
> Most of the books and magazines that I've seen over the years include all
> zones, and while I love visiting Florida, Arizona and California,
> information on plant materials for those areas are nice to look at, but
> don't help a lot.  Is anyone aware of good zone specific books/magazines for
> Zone 5?  (I have a lot of semi- to deep shade in my yard and am looking to
> redesign a few areas.)
>
> We have had a particularly chilly and snowy start to the season.  Our
> snowfall so far this year is more than we had all of last year, and that
> happened before winter "officially" began.  Our temperature has been 0-20
> for the last four weeks, though there is a warming trend supposedly headed
> our way.  As you can tell, tropicals probably wouldn't do to well here . . .
> LOL.
>
> Any help or suggestions on books for my zone would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Karen
>
>
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