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Thib's Book List* Most of these books can be ordered directly from Amazon.com by clicking on the picture or title of the book. If you purchase these books, please click through here and KeithThibodeaux.com will get a small commission to help defray the cost of maintaining our website. I own all of these books save for maybe one. Want an opinion on one? Drop me an email. |
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| HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BOOKS FOR SOUTH LOUISIANA GARDENERS | ||
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Two self-proclaimed "crotchety old horticulture professors," Ed O'Rourke and Leon Standifer share an immense love of gardening, a vast knowledge of all things horticultural, and a hearty sense of humor. In Gardening in the Humid South, they combine all of these traits to provide a practical and entertaining guide to gardening in the region they know best, the humid subtropics of the lower South. | |
| no picture | Seidenberg, Charlotte. The New Orleans Garden: Gardening in the Gulf South. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1993. | |
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Steward, Mary B. The Southern Gardener. New Orleans: Robert L. Crager & Company. Hardcover addition out-of-print; sometimes available used. A shortened version was printed in 1998 and is listed here. | |
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Kregel, John, and the editors of Houston Home & Gardening Magazine. Houston Home & Garden Book: a Complete Guide to Gardening in Houston and the Gulf South. Houston: Shearer Publishing, 1991. | |
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The River Oaks Garden Club. A Garden Book for Houston and the Texas Gulf South. Fourth Edition. Houston: Texas, Gulf Publishing Company, 1989. | |
| BOOKS ON GARDENING ACROSS LOUISIANA AND THE OTHER SOUTHERN STATES | ||
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Paradise Found: Growing Tropicals in Your Own Backyard -- Norman Winter; Paperback. Whether you want to create your own tropical paradise or just add some color and textural interest to your landscape Paradise Found is destined to be one book that you will consult again and again, says William C. Welch author of Perennial Garden Color and Antique Roses of the South. | |
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Bender, Steve, ed. The Southern Living Garden Book. Birmingham, Alabama: 1998. | |
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Bender, Steve, ed. The Southern Living Garden Problem Solver. Birmingham, Alabama: Oxmoor House, 1999. | |
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Chapman, Lois Trigg. The Southern Gardener’s Book of Lists. Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1994. | |
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Gill, Dan and White, Joe. Louisiana Gardener’s Guide: The What, Where, When, How & Why of Gardening in Louisiana. Franklin, Tennessee: Cool Springs Press, 1997 | |
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Gill, Dan. Month-by-Month Gardening in Louisiana. Franklin, Tennessee: Cool Springs Press, 1999. | |
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Monroe Garden Study League. Gardening for Southern Seasons. Monroe, Louisiana: Wimmer Brothers, 1988. | |
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Odenwall, Neil G. and Turner, James R. third edition. Identification, Selection, and Use of Southern Plants for Landscape Design. Baton Rouge: Claitor’s Publishing Division, 1996. | |
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Odenwald, Neil G. and Welch, William C. The Bountiful Flower Garden: Growing and Sharing Cut Flowers in the South. Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing Company, 2000. | |
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Ogden, Scott. Garden Bulbs for the South. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1994. | |
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Pope, Thomas, Odenwald, Neil, and Fryling, Charles Jr. Attracting Birds to Southern Gardens. Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1993. | |
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The Society for Louisiana Irises. second edition. The Louisiana Iris: the Taming of a Native American Wildflower. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 2000. | |
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Wasowski, Sally with Wasowski, Andy. Gardening with Native Plants of the South. Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1994. | |
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Welch, William C. Perennial Garden Color : Perennials, Cottage Gardens, Old Roses, and Companion Plants. Dallas: Texas. Taylor Publishing Company, 1989. | |
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Welch, William C. Antique Roses for the South. Dallas, Texas. Taylor Publishing Company, 1987. | |
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Ajilvsgi, Geyata. Butterfly Gardening of the South. Dallas, Texas. Taylor Publishing Company, 1991. | |
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Kramer, Jack. Orchids for the South: Growing Indoors and Outdoors. Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1994. | |
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Adams, William D. and LeRoy, Thomas R. Commonsense Vegetable Gardening for the South. Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1995. | |
| BOOKS ABOUT SOUTHERN HEIRLOOM PLANTS | ||
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Bender, Steve and Rushing, Felder. Passalong Plants. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: The University of North Carolina Press, 1993. | |
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Welch, William C. and Grant, Greg. The Southern Heirloom Gardener: the Heritage, the Plants, the Designs. Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1995. | |
| PERIODICALS FOR SOUTH LOUISIANA GARDENERS | ||
| The Louisiana Gardener. Steve Giddings, ed. Published 9 times a year. Ruston, Louisiana: The Team Publishing Company. (1-888-265-3600) | ||
| Southern Living. Published 12 times a year. Birmingham, Alabama: Oxmoor House. (1-800-526-5111) | ||
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Some useful free publications of Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service. Contact your local Cooperative Extension office or click on LSU to order these publications online: |
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| Azaleas (1998) | ||
| Crape Myrtles (1990) | ||
| Cultural, Disease and Insect Problems of House Plants (1993) | ||
| Figs for Commercial and Home Orchards in Louisiana (1999) | ||
| Ground Covers and Vines for Louisiana (1999) | ||
| Growing Blackberries for Pleasure and Profit (1998) | ||
| Growing Lantana in Louisiana (1999) | ||
| Home Blueberry Production in Louisiana (1999) | ||
| Home Muscadine Culture in Louisiana (1998) | ||
| Louisiana Home Citrus Production (1996) | ||
| Louisiana Iris (1997) | ||
| Louisiana Trees (2000) | ||
| Roses (1999) | ||
| The Louisiana Home Orchid (2000) | ||
| Tropical Hibiscus (1997) | ||
| LOCAL NURSERIES AND MAIL ORDER SUPPLIERS | ||
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Stokes Tropicals: Tropical Plant Guide/Catalog (1-800-624-9706) | |
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Walker's Exotic Tropicals: Unique and exotic tropical plants (1 -985-872-1258) | |
