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Gardening in Western Pennsylvania
Selected Books - Websites
Selected Books
Because Pittsburgh lies west of the Allegheny Mountains, its gardening climate is often more similar to the Midwest than to the MidAtlantic, which is tempered by the ocean and not as cold. Thus included here will be some volumes written for the Midwest.
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Ball, Liz
Month-by-Month Gardening in Pennsylvania Month-by-Month Gardening in Pennsylvania is packed with information that explains what needs to be done and when it needs to be done in the Pennsylvania garden. SB453.2.P4 B36 2001 |
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Ball, Liz
Pennsylvania Gardener's Guide Contains easy to use advice on the top landscape plant choices (more than 160entries) for Pennsylvania. Recommends specific varieties and provides advice on how to plant, how to grow and how to care for Pennsylvania's best plants. SB407.B287 2002 |
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Fell, Derek
The Pennsylvania Gardener: All about Gardening in the Keystone State Derek Fell is a professional garden photographer who lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, at historic Cedaridge Farm, where he cultivates an award-winning garden of flowers, fruits and vegetables. SB451.34.P4 F45 1995 |
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Fergus, Charles
Trees of Pennsylvania and the Northeast This book describes more than 60 species of trees found in Pennsylvania and the northeastern United States. QK183.F47 2002 |
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Sternberg, Guy and Jim Wilson
Landscaping with Native Trees: the Northeast, Midwest, Midsouth & Southeast edition Use in conjunction with Trees of Pennsylvania and the Northeast (above), to identify native trees most appropriate for landscaping in Western Pennsylvania. q SB435.5.W54 1995 | |
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Sternberg, Ilene and Alison Beck
Best Garden Plants for Pennsylvania Ilene Sternberg is a resident of West Chester, Pensylvania and writes a bi-weekly garden column for The News Journal in Wilmington, Delaware. The book features annuals, perennials, shrubs, etc. that tend to be failproof. PENNA SB453.2.P4 S74 2006x |
Selected Websites
http://allegheny.extension.psu.edu/
Penn State Cooperative Extension of Allegheny County disseminates research based information to individuals, families, and communities through high quality, nonformal educational Programs funded with 80% state & federal funds, 12% grants, 8% county funds.
http://www.extension.psu.edu/
Some of their publications are available online in pdf format.
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Department of Horticulture Extension Resources
http://hortweb.cas.psu.edu/extension/exten.html
http://www.pittsburghgardenswap.blogspot.com/
A June event for swapping plants and seeds.
Check out the articles in the daily newspaper for help on gardening problems specific to this area.
This Web site is designed to serve as a handy and useful reference guide to the most prevalent trees in Pittsburgh.
