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Rocky Mountain Gardener's Handbook

Rocky Mountain Gardener's Handbook Paperback - 2012

by Newcomer, Mary Ann and Cretti, John

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Rocky Mountain Gardener's Handbook includes 300 plant profiles organized under ten plant categories, from annuals to vines. Each plant profile page includes three recommended plants, with full-color images, helpful icons for sun and shade requirements, and planting and growing information. Twelve months of around-the-garden maintenance information for each plant category assists the gardener with what to do to maintain a Rocky Mountain garden in the states of Colorado, Montana, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, and Wyoming. Includes helpful charts, illustrations, and full-color plant images.
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  • Title Rocky Mountain Gardener's Handbook
  • Author Newcomer, Mary Ann and Cretti, John
  • Binding Paperback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cool Springs Press, U.S.A.
  • Date 2012
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 9781591865407
  • ISBN 9781591865407 / 1591865409
  • Weight 2.16 lbs (0.98 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.88 x 8.44 x 0.75 in (27.64 x 21.44 x 1.91 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Gardening - Rocky Mountains
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011023106
  • Dewey Decimal Code 715

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About the author

A regionally known gardening expert, radio and television host, author, columnist, and former horticulture specialist for Colorado State University Extension, John Cretti has more than 32 years of horticulture experience. John hosted the Gardening with an Altitude radio program for thirty years and has been an expert on Rocky Mountain Gardening for area TV and HGTV.

His down-to-earth approach broadens the horizons of gardeners dealing with the unique and challenging climates of the region, where temperature fluctuations, wind, hail, unpredictable storms, difficult soils, and cunning critters are the norm.

John has spent his life growing all kinds of plants, beginning as a child under the tutelage of his Italian grandmother, aunts, and uncle. This inspired his interest and passion for gardening while growing up in western Colorado.

John is the author of several books for Cool Springs Press, including Rocky Mountain Gardener's Guide and Month-by-Month Gardening in the Rocky Mountains. Learn more about him at his website: www.gardeningwithanaltitude.com.

Mary Ann Newcomer is deeply rooted in the soil of the American West. For more than twenty years she has fund-raised, supported, and worked in horticulture. She appears regularly as the Dirt Diva on the River Radio, 94.9 in Boise, ID.www.gardensofthewildwildwest.comJohn Cretti is a highly regarded horticulturist and award-winning gardening expert who has reached gardeners through television, radio and print.

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