Product Description

High Altitude Western Gardening is an excellent guide to gardening in the 6,000-foot-plus altitude of the Rocky Mountain region of the western U.S. A

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #344032 in Books
• Published on: 2007-12-18
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

From the Back Cover
High Altitude Western Gardening is an excellent guide to gardening in the 6,000-foot-plus altitude of the Rocky Mountain region (Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, and Western Canada). Marilyn Quinn reveals what plants to choose and when to plant them, and offers valuable information on how to care for plants at high altitudes. She explains how to deal with stubborn soil, hungry moose and other critters, snow in July, "thin" soil, unexpected frosts, and every other challenge that one encounters in rugged mountain climes.
Includes valuable information on:
Flower gardens Container gardening Rock gardens Landscaping with native plants Vegetable and herb gardens Composting Hardscaping Water features

About the Author
Jackson Hole gardening expert Marilyn Quinn has 30 years of professional gardening experience coaxing asters and roses out of the ground, landscaping around mountain features of rock and streambeds, and babying along vegetable gardens. In High Altitude Gardening, Quinn shares three decades of experience and gives advice for the intrepid planters who live in mountain wonderlands.

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Gardeners with a compulsion to control space and plant within boundaries may have trouble seeing the advantages of a natural landscape. They will want to tend.

Customer Reviews

A good starting place
This book is written by someone at 6800 feet, which is High Altitude...but I am even higher at 9000 feet. I had expected more information on handling issues that are seen even higher up than the author. The book gives some good information, but isn't a HOW-TO or all encompassing on available varieties of plants that are suited for high elevations. Really pretty pictures for inspiration and a good overview.