Prairie & Plains States Getting Started Garden Guide: Grow the Best Flowers, Shrubs, Trees, Vines & Groundcovers (Garden Guides)

Beautiful Book.

I am grateful for this book. Cathy is spot on with her comment that many gardening books have an east coast bias. So often plants which appear in a catalog to be appropriate to our harsh conditions end up failing. Lobelia might appear appropriate for zone 6a in a catalog, but on the plains and prairies it may actually be suited for only spring. This book contains tried and true varieties and species. I appreciate that Cathy identifies particular varieties, so that you learn what is suitable. For example a Wave Petunia is perhaps better suited for success than other varieties, so she recommends them. Looking forward to reading her other books.

Great pictures and some helpful hints. Covers a large area and several zones. Many suggestions were to order plants from online sources which I am sure is fine but i would prefer to stick to plants at the local nursery. 4 stars as this book could easily have been larger with more suggestions. At the end of the day I felt this was an introductory guide to midwest gardening ready for a more advanced book.