Resources
APPS
Check Apple, Google, Amazon for Apps for free – compass, level
LANDSCAPING CALCULATORS (there are many more)
https://www.landscapecalculator.com/
http://www.topsoilcalculator.net/
http://www.fredburrows.com/calculator/calc.html
PLANT HARDINESS ZONES
http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/
WEBSITES
Plant Sources
PERENNIALS
ALL PLANTS
SPECIALTY
BULBS
https://www.johnscheepers.com/
SEEDS
Plant Information Websites –
Missouri Botanical Gardens (my go-to-first source for information –http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/plantfinder
J C Raulston Arboretum at NC State University –
https://jcra.ncsu.edu/horticulture/our-plants/index.php
USDA Plant Database – http://www.plants.usda.gov/java
Videos for gardeners – https://goodgardeningvideos.org/
National Gardening Association – http://garden.org/
Brooklyn Botanic Garden – http://www.bbg.org/
Morton Arboretum – http://www.mortonarb.org/
Us Botanic Garden – https://www.usbg.gov/
US National Arboretum – http://www.usna.usda.gov/
The Washington Post Home & Garden Section – https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home-garden/
Longwood Gardens – https://longwoodgardens.org/
Acorn Farms (a wholesale nursery with lots of plant information on its website- http://www.acornfarms.com/responsive/velocity/index2.html
Perennial Resource – Lots of information about perennials plus a month-by-month must-do calendar
http://www.perennialresource.com/encyclopedia/
Hollybrook Orchards (information about fruit tree growing) – http://www.hollybrookorchards.com/
Deer Resistant Plants Lists
http://njaes.rutgers.edu/deerresistance/
http://warren.cce.cornell.edu/gardening-landscape/deer-resistant-plants
https://extension.umd.edu/sites/default/files/_docs/articles/FS655-ResistanceDeer.pdf
State Extension Offices (A gold mine of factual information for gardeners. Don’t just look at your own state)
Delaware – https://extension.udel.edu/lawngarden/
Illinois – http://web.extension.illinois.edu/state/index.php
Maryland – http://extension.umd.edu/
UMD home gardening – http://extension.umd.edu/hgic
Minnesota- http://www.extension.umn.edu/garden/landscaping/maint/herbaceous_maint.html
New Jersey – https://njaes.rutgers.edu/county/
New York – http://gardening.cals.cornell.edu/
North Carolina – https://www.ces.ncsu.edu/categories/lawn-garden/
https://gardening.ces.ncsu.edu/
Ohio – http://extension.osu.edu/ , http://webgarden.osu.edu/
Pennsylvania – http://extension.psu.edu/
South Carolina – http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/plants/index.html
Virginia – http://www.ext.vt.edu/topics/lawn-garden/index.html
West Virginia – http://www.wvstateu.edu/extension
Master Gardeners– Local
Gardening Websites and Blogs
https://www.landscapingnetwork.com/
http://www.avantgardendecor.com/blog/
BOOKS
Editors of Southern Living. (2015). The New Southern Living Gardening Book: The Ultimate Guide to Gardening. Oxmoor House
Damrosch, Barbara. (2008). The Garden Primer. Second Edition. New York : Workman Publishers.
Turnbull, C. (1991). The Complete Guide to Landscape Design, Renovation, and Maintenance. Crozet, Virginia: Betterway Publications, Inc. (My favorite book on home garden design and maintenance, with lots of information on pruning. Simple and clear with good facts. Out of print but used copies can be found.)
MAGAZINES
Fine Gardening . Connecticut: Tauton Press