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Posted by noodeler 8a (My Page) on Tue, Jul 19, 05 at 9:14
Can anyone recomend a book or reference that lists edibles by zone? I'm in 8a and am looking for anything I can get my hands on...
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RE: Edible Landscape by Zone?
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| I don't know of charts by region, but all the edibles listed in Rosalind Creasy's book Edible Landscaping are tagged by zone. In many cases she goes beyond a mere range, to tell you what the variations are in productivity and effort required in different zones. |
RE: Edible Landscape by Zone?
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Start with your local Coop extension Ag guys and gals as they know your local envirnment better than any general book will ever be able to do. While you have 'em on the line ask about any local fruit/veggies/garden clubs, groups ect. Again no one will have more knowledge as to what will grow ... and fruit! ... best in your local envirnoment. And last but not least this Fall hit the nurseries! These folks will have those fruiting plants that grow best in your area and at better prices than mail orders for much larger plants. And the nursery folks will be able to give you great advice.
Please until you have learned what grows best in your local do not shop the big box as they will have many fruit trees and bushes that will produce diddly. Ha! Wally world had cherry trees for sale here in New Orleans! Ain't no freakin' way a cherry tree will live let alone fruit in N.O.!
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RE: Edible Landscape by Zone?
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- Posted by eata 15/16 Calif (My Page) on
Fri, Jul 22, 05 at 18:39
| Another solution I use is The Complete Book of Edible Landscaping by Rosalind Creasy to find a plant and the Western Garden book published by Sunset tells me if it grows in my zone. The other recomendations are good but they are generally unavailabile when I am looking. |
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