HOW TO ANSWER YOUR OWN GARDENING QUESTIONS:
SOME USEFUL BOOKS, PERIODICALS AND PAMPHLETS

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BOOKS ON GARDENING ALONG THE LOUISIANA AND TEXAS GULF COASTS

Seidenberg, Charlotte. The New Orleans Garden: Gardening in the Gulf South. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1993.

Steward, Mary B. The Southern Gardener. New Orleans: Robert L. Crager & Company.  Hardcover addition out-of-print; sometimes available used.  A shortened version was printed in 1998 and is listed here.

The River Oaks Garden Club. A Garden Book for Houston and the Texas Gulf South. Fourth Edition. Houston: Texas, Gulf Publishing Company, 1989.

BOOKS ON GARDENING ACROSS LOUISIANA AND THE OTHER SOUTHERN STATES

Bender, Steve, ed. The Southern Living Garden Book. Birmingham, Alabama: 1998.

Bender, Steve, ed. The Southern Living Garden Problem Solver. Birmingham, Alabama: Oxmoor House, 1999.

Bender, Steve and Rushing, Felder. Passalong Plants. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: The University of North Carolina Press, 1993.

Chapman, Lois Trigg. The Southern Gardener’s Book of Lists. Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1994.

Gill, Dan and White, Joe. Louisiana Gardener’s Guide: The What, Where, When, How & Why of Gardening in Louisiana. Franklin, Tennessee: Cool Springs Press, 1997

Gill, Dan. Month-by-Month Gardening in Louisiana. Franklin, Tennessee: Cool Springs Press, 1999.

Monroe Garden Study League. Gardening for Southern Seasons. Monroe, Louisiana: Wimmer Brothers, 1988.

Odenwall, Neil G. and Turner, James R. third edition. Identification, Selection, and Use of Southern Plants for Landscape Design. Baton Rouge: Claitor’s Publishing Division, 1996.

Ogden, Scott. Garden Bulbs for the South. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1994.

Pope, Thomas, Odenwald, Neil, and Fryling, Charles Jr. Attracting Birds to Southern Gardens. Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1993.

The Society for Louisiana Irises. second edition. The Louisiana Iris: the Taming of a Native American Wildflower. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 2000.

Wasowski, Sally with Wasowski, Andy. Gardening with Native Plants of the South. Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1994.

Welch, William C. Perennial Garden Color : Perennials, Cottage Gardens, Old Roses, and Companion Plants. Dallas: Texas. Taylor Publishing Company, 1989.

Bender, Steve and Rushing, Felder. Passalong Plants. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: The University of North Carolina Press, 1993.

Brinkley, M. Kent and Chappell, Gordon W. The Gardens of Colonial Williamsburg. Williamsburg, Virginia: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1996.

Cothran, James R. Gardens of Historic Charleston. Columbia, South Carolina, 1995.

Feltwell, John and Odenwald, Neil. Live Oak Splendor: Gardens Along the Mississippi, From Natchez to New Orleans. Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1992

Guste, Roy F. Jr. The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carre: the Historic French Quarter of New Orleans. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1993.

Seidenberg, Charlotte. The New Orleans Garden: Gardening in the Gulf South. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1993.

Meek, A.J. and Turner, Suzanne. The Gardens of Louisiana: Places of Work and Wonder. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1997.

Welch, William C. and Grant, Greg. The Southern Heirloom Gardener: the Heritage, the Plants, the Designs. Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1995.

The Louisiana Gardener. Steve Giddings, ed. Published 9 times a year. Ruston, Louisiana: The Team Publishing Company. (1-888-265-3600)

Southern Living. Published 12 times a year. Birmingham, Alabama: Oxmoor House. (1-800-526-5111)

Some useful free publications of Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service.  Contact your local Cooperative Extension office or click on LSU to order these publications online:

Cultural, Disease and Insect Problems of House Plants (1993)

Figs for Commercial and Home Orchards in Louisiana (1999)

Ground Covers and Vines for Louisiana (1999)

Growing Blackberries for Pleasure and Profit (1998)

Growing Lantana in Louisiana (1999)

Home Blueberry Production in Louisiana (1999)

Home Muscadine Culture in Louisiana (1998)

Louisiana Home Citrus Production (1996)

Louisiana Iris (1997)

Louisiana Trees (2000)

Roses (1999)

The Louisiana Home Orchid (2000)

Tropical Hibiscus (1997)

Brickell, Christopher and Zuk, Judith D. eds. The American Horticultural Society A - Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. New York: D & K Publishers, Inc. 1997.

Brickell, Christopher and McDonald, Elvin eds. The American Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Gardening. London: D & K Publishers, Inc. 1993.

Dirr, Michael A. Dirr’s Hardy Trees and Shrubs: an Illustrated Encyclopedia. Portland, Oregon, 1997.

Griffiths, Mark. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary: Index of Garden Plants. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 1992.

McDonald, Elvin. Ortho’s All About Orchids. Des Moines, Iowa: The Scott’s Company Ortho Books, 1999.

Odenwald, Neil, Fryling Charles F. Jr., and Pope, Thomas E. Plants for American Landscapes. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1996.

Staff of Organic Gardening Magazine. The Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening. Emmaus, Pennsylvania: Rodale Press, 1978.

Dutch Gardens Spring and fall bulb planting guides (1-800-818-3861)

Forest Farm: Ornamental and Useful Plants from Around the World (541-446-7269)

Heirloom Old Garden Roses (503-538-1576)

Louisiana Nursery: Magnolias and Other Garden Aristocrats (337-948-3696)

Old House Gardens Antique Bulbs (313-995-1486)

Stokes Tropicals: Tropical Plant Guide/Catalog (1-800-624-9706)

Wayside Gardens: The Complete Garden Catalog (1-800-845-1124)

THE INTERNET

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