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Midwest Gardener's Handbook, 2nd Edition: All You Need to Know to Plan, Plant & Maintain a Midwest Garden Paperback – March 15, 2022

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In this revised and updated 2nd edition of Midwest Gardener’s Handbook, gardeners in the north central US are handed all the know-how they’ll need to grow a lush, productive garden.

If you live in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, or South Dakota, the environmentally sound growing info for both edible and ornamental plants found here is your green thumb map to success:
  • Profiles of more than 250 plants proven to thrive in the Midwest’s climate, including shrubs, perennials, annuals, vegetables, fruits, herbs, vines, and more, help you select the best plants to create a beautiful landscape or a high-yielding edible garden.
  • Helpful information highlights sun and shade requirements and offers clear and concise plant variety information.
  • Month-by-month care and cultivation guides are offered for each plant group, guiding your journey—even if you’re a first-time Midwestern gardener.
  • Author Melinda Myers addresses the many challenges of growing in the Midwest, including a changing climate and unique soil and pest troubles.
  • The how-to methods for planting, pruning, watering, fertilizing, and much more are rich with information essential to those in the region.
This comprehensive and extensive guide is the best resource for growing in the Midwestern states. Whether you live in Minneapolis, Kansas City, Cleveland, Des Moines, or somewhere in between, Midwest Gardener’s Handbook has you covered.

Midwest Gardener’s Handbook is part of the Gardener’s Handbook series from Cool Springs Press. Other books in the series include Florida Gardener’s Handbook, Mid-Atlantic Gardener’s Handbook, Northwest Gardener’s Handbook, and many others.
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  3. Language
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    March 15, 2022
  6. Dimensions
    8.05 x 0.7 x 9.95 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0785839526
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0785839521
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Midwest Gardener's Handbook

Cosmos

Crocus

American Wisteria

Daylily

COSMOS

Drought tolerance, butterfly appeal, and suitability as cut flowers make cosmos popular. Cosmos sulphureus produces single and double yellow, orange, or orange-red flowers throughout summer. Cosmos bipinnatus are taller plants with finer-textured leaves and large single flowers of pink, white, red, purple, or yellow. Watch for volunteer seedlings. Enjoy where they sprout or transplant to a desired location.

CROCUS

The crocus is one of the first flowers to greet you in the spring. They make an impressive display when planted en masse under trees, are naturalized in the lawn, or peek up throughout perennial and rock gardens.

AMERICAN WISTERIA

Wisteria is the classic beauty of flowering vines. It can be espaliered on a wall, grown over a pergola, or trained into a tree form. The native American wisteria blooms after the leaves emerge but is still quite impressive. It attracts hummingbirds, butterflies, and other pollinators and is a host plant for butterflies.

DAYLILY

Use these versatile plants as groundcovers, cut flowers, edibles, or in perennial gardens and mixed borders. The individual flowers last a day, but the flower display can last up to 1 month on an individual plant. The newer, repeat-blooming hybrids provide a summerlong floral display.

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About the Author

Nationally known gardening expert, TV and radio host, author, and columnist Melinda Myers has more than thirty years of horticulture experience. She has written over twenty gardening books, including Can’t Miss Small Space Gardening, The Garden Book for Wisconsin, Minnesota Gardener’s Guide, Month-by-Month Gardening in Wisconsin, the Perfect Lawn Midwest series, as well as the Midwest Gardener’s Handbook and Michigan Getting Started Garden Guide.

In addition to authoring books, Myers hosts the nationally syndicated Melinda’s Garden Moment segments that air on over 115 TV and radio stations throughout the United States. She is also the instructor for The Great Course How to Grow DVD series. She also has a column in Gardening How-to magazine and Wisconsin Gardening magazine. Melinda hosted The Plant Doctor radio program for over twenty years as well as seven seasons of Great Lakes Gardener on PBS. She has written articles for Better Homes and Gardens and Fine Gardening magazines and was a columnist and contributing editor for Backyard Living magazine.

Melinda has a master’s degree in horticulture, is a certified arborist, and was a horticulture instructor with tenure. Melinda Myers’ many accomplishments include starting the Master Gardener program in Milwaukee County, two Garden Media Awards (a Garden Globe Award for radio talent and a Quill and Trowel Award for her television work), both from the Garden Writers Association, the American Horticultural Society’s B.Y. Morrison Communication Award for effective and inspirational communication, and she was the first woman inducted into the Wisconsin Green Industry Federation Hall of Fame. Visit with Melinda on her website, melindamyers.com.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cool Springs Press; Updated edition (March 15, 2022)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0785839526
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0785839521
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.9 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.05 x 0.7 x 9.95 inches
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Jeanne R.
5.0 out of 5 stars Very informative book.
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2024
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I’ve been gardening a long time but I’m glad I got this book because it’s full of interesting facts for those who love to garden! I will use this book as a helpful tool. I think it’s a great book!
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Joy Kunkle
5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what I needed
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2024
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Was looking for a simple book to help me design my yard. This was the perfect pick for the Midwest. Now time to shop
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Petey
4.0 out of 5 stars Not as much help as I was hoping
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2024
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I am a complete beginner in having land, and I was hoping this book would help me plan a yard. It’s filled with great pictures and lots of information on each plant, but not what I was really hoping about the whole picture. I wanted more help planning, like what do I put against the house or next to the curb. What do I plant together? Are there plants that are good together? This book might have all that if you read every single plant, but no “planting groups for dummies,” type info. Think of it less as a planning book and more an old fashioned encyclopedia.
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Dana Meyer
5.0 out of 5 stars I know all the plants are for my area.
Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2023
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I live in the Midwest so I know all the plants in the book will work. The pictures are nice and there’s enough information about each plant to make a decision on which ones you want. I plan on studying it over the winter and create a plan for my spring garden.
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Ms. L.
5.0 out of 5 stars Lots o’ plants 🪴
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2023
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Best book for quick description of garden plants for Great Lakes region. Very comprehensive. Maybe not the best for a total beginner, but great if you need a reminder of plants you may have forgotten. I bought it early Spring before I could get out in my garden—helped me dream a bit!!! 🌱🦋🐝🌻
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G Luther
5.0 out of 5 stars The book
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2023
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Gave great ideas with nice pictures
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5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of pics
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2023
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Just moved from the west to the midwest. I have no idea what will or will not grow in zone 6. This helps alot. Can't wait for spring
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OmaNat
4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful pictures and detailed sections
Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2023
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Each section has tasks per month, so have to flip through to amass master monthly task list.

Limited detailed beginner varieties per section (definitely not all-inclusive, but a good start).

Picture on each page to keep you engaged/motivated.

Lots of solid planting information in an easy layout. Definitely much improved from her first edition (zero pictures, for starters), and a great monthly reference (how my garden brain works).

Basic zone maps for 12 states. Unfortunately, no micro zones are explained. I know this because I happen to live in a city where we have a micro zone that is a full zone number colder than the rest of the state. If you don’t know this about your area, you will be sadly disappointed in your gardens and wonder what you’re doing wrong. (Nothing, except planting the wrong things/varieties because master gardeners/books/nurseries didn’t inform you properly.)
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