For Gardeners in the Pacific Northwest. Gardening in a coastal environment presents a wide range of challenges, and thanks to 100 Best Plants for the Coastal Garden, bountiful rewards. Easy-to-understand text answers a wide range of gardening questions in this fully revised, updated edition of a west coast regional bestseller. Over 100 color photographs make this book a solid reference to 100 essential plants -- trees, shrubs, roses, vines, perennials, and bulbs -- for the coastal garden. Each plant has at least one outstanding quality: beautiful blooms, sensational foliage, marvelous form, or exquisite scent. With 100 Best Plants for the Coastal Garden, gardeners can confidently establish the botanical bones of a garden. Excellent ideas for plant combinations and an intriguing list of top-rated plants are provided. The author also includes expert advice on shopping for plants and how to create a garden paradise, full of color and fragrance.

Steve Whysall is a Vancouver-based writer and author of 100 Best Plants for the Coastal Garden, 100 Best Plants for the Ontario Garden and The Blooming Great Gardening Book. He has written a regular plant feature in the Vancouver Sun for the past 15 years.

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