ABCs of West Coast Gardening

Name: ABCs of West Coast Gardening
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ISBN: 9781550172539

ISBN-10: 1550172530

ISBN-13: 9781550172539

Edition: 2002 (Unabridged)

Authors: Mary Palmer

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Gardening on the west coast can be a frustrating undertaking. The adverse weather and wildlife in our region can be enough to turn some off for good. With the right information in hand, however, gardening in our luscious region can be as rewarding as anywhere else on the planet. The key to obtaining that ever-elusive west coast green thumb is Mary Palmer's ABCs of West Coast Gardening. Here is a gardening book encompassing the broad spectrum of plants available to west coast gardeners, with handy tips on adapting a garden to the extremes of this place we call home. By following her advice, Mary Palmer believes that "any piece of west coast ground can be made endlessly bountiful, productive,…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Harbour Publishing Company, Limited
Publication date: 4/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Preface


Getting Started


Improving the Soil


Compost


Green Cover


Animal Manure


Seaweed


Peat Moss


Wood Matter


To Lime or Not to Lime


Watering the Garden


Propagating Plants


Seeding


Grafting


Taking Cuttings


Cuttings Through the Year


Layering


Hybridizing Plants



Vegetables, Herbs and Fruits


Vegetables


Artichokes: Globe and Jerusalem


Asparagus


Beans: Broad (Fava) or Windsor


Beans: Bush


Beans: Pole


Beets


Broccoli


Cabbage


Carrots


Cauliflower


Corn


Kohlrabi


Lettuce


Onions and Their Relatives


Chives


Garlic


Leeks


Shallots


Peas


Peas: Sugar Snap (Edible Pod)


Potatoes


Radicchio


Radishes


Spinach


Squash


Tomatoes


Turnips


Herbs


Planting and Cultivating


Drying


Some Favourites


Fruits


Berries


Hybrid Blackberries


Blueberries


Raspberries


Strawberries


Grapes


Rhubarb



Flowers and Such


Annual Flowering Plants


Aster


Lobelia


Marigold


Petunia


Snapdragon


Sweet Pea


Zinnia


Other Annuals


Perennials


Biennials


Canterbury Bells


Forget-Me-Not


Foxglove


Hollyhock


Honesty


Iceland Poppy


Sweet William


Wallflower


Spring-Flowering Bulbs


Crocus


Daffodil


Hyacinth


Tulip


Summer-Flowering Bulbs and Tubers


Begonia


Caladium


Canna


Colchicum


Dahlia


Gladiolus


Lily


Day Lily


Fall-Flowering Bulbs


Acidanthera


Autumn Crocus


Cyclamen


Gayfeathers


Lily of the Field


Resurrection Lily


Heather and Heath


Ferns


Grasses



Trees and Shrubs


Planting Trees and Shrubs


Conifers


Arborvitae


Cedar


Fir


Hemlock


Juniper


Pine


Spruce


Yew


Flowering Trees for All Seasons


Spring


Crabapple


Flowering Dogwood


Magnolia


Prunus


Weeping Redbud


Summer


Franklin Tree


Golden Rain Tree


Japanese Pagoda Tree


Katsura


Magnolia


Pseudo-Camellia


Silk Tree


Tulip Tree


Autumn


Arbutus


Flowering Cherry


Ginkgo


Maple


Oak


Sourwood


Sumac


Sweet Gum


Winter


Japanese Quince


Sasanqua Camellia


Viburnum


Winter Hazel


Winter Jasmine


Wintersweet


Witch Hazel


Fruit Trees


Apple


Apricot


Peach


Pear


Plum


Sour Cherry


Sweet Cherry


Dwarf Fruit Trees


Grafts


Nut Trees


Almond


Black Walnut


Chestnut


Hazelnut


Hickory


Pecan and Hican


Flowering Shrubs


Azalea


Camellia


Ceanothus


Daphne


Honeysuckle


Hydrangea


Kalmia


Lilac


Nandina


Pieris


Rhododendron


Rose of Sharon


Summer Sweet


Viburnum


Willow


Vines


Clematis


Passion Vines


Wisteria


Other Vines


Roses



In the House and Around the Yard


Container Gardening


Dried Flowers


Care and Cutting of Garden Flowers


Forced Flowering of Trees and Shrubs Indoors in Winter


Spring-Flowering Bulbs for Indoors


Native Gardens


Lawn Seeding & Sodding


Lawn Maintenance


Ground Covers


Garden Pools



The Gardener's Calendar


Index