Sunset Western Gardens (or similar) web site available? Please advise **************
 

Hello,

Does anyone know of a good Website to find tree and plant gardening
advice and techniques, along with photographs and specific info about
plants on the U.S. western coastal region?

If there only was "Sunset's Western Gardens" book on-line, that would
be perfect.

Thank you everyone.

"Time2Live" wrote in message
...
Hello,

Does anyone know of a good Website to find tree and plant gardening
advice and techniques, along with photographs and specific info about
plants on the U.S. western coastal region?


One resource for information and links would be your county Master Gardener
website.
West coast region covers a lot of diverse territory from San Diego to
Seattle. In what area are you interested?

On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 12:45:58 -0800, "Anonny Moose"
wrote:


"Time2Live" wrote in message
.. .
Hello,

Does anyone know of a good Website to find tree and plant gardening
advice and techniques, along with photographs and specific info about
plants on the U.S. western coastal region?


One resource for information and links would be your county Master Gardener
website.
West coast region covers a lot of diverse territory from San Diego to
Seattle. In what area are you interested?


I would really like to hear more.
I was interrested in the Los Angeles Coastal area, actually.
Thank You very much!
~Time2Live

Time2Live wrote:

Hello,

Does anyone know of a good Website to find tree and plant gardening
advice and techniques, along with photographs and specific info about
plants on the U.S. western coastal region?

If there only was "Sunset's Western Gardens" book on-line, that would
be perfect.

Thank you everyone.

Most public libraries and many nurseries have reference copies of
Sunset's "Western Garden Book" available for you to use.

--
David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean
Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean
influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19)
Gardening pages at URL:http://www.rossde.com/garden/

On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 19:10:24 -0800, David Ross
wrote:

Time2Live wrote:

Hello,

Does anyone know of a good Website to find tree and plant gardening
advice and techniques, along with photographs and specific info about
plants on the U.S. western coastal region?

If there only was "Sunset's Western Gardens" book on-line, that would
be perfect.

Thank you everyone.

Most public libraries and many nurseries have reference copies of
Sunset's "Western Garden Book" available for you to use.

That is true. I own the 2004 edition at my home. But what *web site**
offers similar information please.

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Time2Live wrote:

On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 19:10:24 -0800, David Ross
wrote:

Time2Live wrote:

Hello,

Does anyone know of a good Website to find tree and plant gardening
advice and techniques, along with photographs and specific info about
plants on the U.S. western coastal region?

If there only was "Sunset's Western Gardens" book on-line, that would
be perfect.

Thank you everyone.

Most public libraries and many nurseries have reference copies of
Sunset's "Western Garden Book" available for you to use.

That is true. I own the 2004 edition at my home. But what *web site**
offers similar information please.

Consider these for starters and please consider your neighbors as the
premier source for garden wisdom and mistakes for your micro climate.

http://davesgarden.com/pf/
http://plants.usda.gov/
http://www.highcountrygardens.com/
http://www.hort.cornell.edu/department/hlinks.html

Enjoy!

Bill

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In article .com,
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Identify weeds & wildflowers:
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Department of the Interior/Bureau of Land Management Weed Website, with
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USDA website on noxious weeds:
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Vascular plant photo gallery:
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National Park Service database on invasive weeds:
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On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 16:24:44 GMT, Time2Live
wrote:

On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 19:10:24 -0800, David Ross
wrote:

Most public libraries and many nurseries have reference copies of
Sunset's "Western Garden Book" available for you to use.

That is true. I own the 2004 edition at my home. But what *web site**
offers similar information please.

Advice often given here when people ask questions like "what should I
plant in my garden?" or "how do I design landscaping for a new house"
is to visit the library and check on many of the excellent references
there. I can't think why any publisher would want to translate its
best-selling reference works into a freely accessible web site.

The web is excellent, however, when you reach the point of asking
specific questions. There are sites devoted to nearly every kind of
plant, with masses of in-depth information. Searching on "plant_name
propagation" or "plant_name cultivation" will quickly yield more
specifics.

It's a little more work than checking the index of your Sunset book,
but if you think of search functions as an index, your ideal "web
site" is the web itself.