Re: Zone specific books

Hi Bobbi -

I'm in southeast lower Michigan, about 60 miles southwest of Detroit.  Our
weather extremes are +100 to -35, but not for long.  It's usually between 20
- 90 or so.  Like I said, this winter has been pretty cold so far, but
nothing below -10 (unless you add the wind chill - then it's been to -30 . .
. the coldest it's ever been with the wind chill was
-60).  Most of my shade is on the north side of the house and the south side
of the garage.  It's fairly well protected . . . I have some rhododendron,
ferns, hosta, the usual shade suspects.  Anything that I would have to
protect with something other than mulch probably wouldn't do well.

Thanks Bobbi for your response, and thanks in advance to everyone else.

Regards,
Karen

>From: Bobbi Diehl <diehlr@INDIANA.EDU>
>Reply-To: PRIMROSES <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
>To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
>Subject: Re: [SG] Zone specific books
>Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 10:52:14 -0500
>
>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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