California Top 10 Garden Guide: The 10 Best Roses, 10 Best Trees--the 10 Best of Everything You Need - The Plants Most Likely to Thrive in Your Garden ... Most Important Tasks in the Garden Each Month

by Sunset Books

Geared toward a new generation of California gardeners, this user-friendly guide is one of the first in a ground-breaking new Sunset series. It covers all categories and regional varieties, focusing on readily available plants that deliver optimal results with easy-to-understand selection and growing instructions. Includes a Calendar of Top 10 Tasks for each season with tips on pruning trees, feeding citrus, planting bare-root roses, and more. Richly illustrated with hundreds of photos and backed up by specific how-to instructions and illustrations, it provides all the resources to create a thriving garden in the Golden State. Edited by Sunset magazine senior garden editor Kathleen N. Brenzel.

Genres: Gardening, Nonfiction

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Cherie · Rating 3 out of 5]

High level California gardening; surprised they didn't have a succulent section, but a good high level format for ideas for gardening. A good reference.

[Eric Heitzman · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are few plants that this book recommends which I more or less despise (as much as one can despise a plant, I suppose). Overall though, the garden ideas, photography, and plant suggestions were all pretty solid. I also really liked the layout and design of the book and would have to say that it is probably the only gardening books which I actually read cover to cover.

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a new resident of California, I found this book extremely helpful in identifying plants that are already in my yard, as well as for researching plants to add to our garden!