Sunset Western Garden Book

Sunset Western Garden Book by John R. Dunmire. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780376038845.

Exclusively for Westerners. The Sunset Western Garden Book: the complete one-source reference book for the Western gardener. The Western Garden Book is the leading authority for gardening in Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. Here are 448 pages, most with illustrations. Its really three books in one -- a how-to-do-it manual, a "Plant Selection Guide" for many landscape situations (green pages), and a 278-page "Western Plant Encyclopedia" describing over 5000 varieties. In addition, there are close-up climate maps that divide the West into 24 zones. The encyclopedia and "Plant Selection Guide" relate the suitability of each plant to the different zones so you can choose the best plants for yhur specific garden conditions.