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Zusatztext “Invaluable to regional gardeners at all levels of accomplishment! from the nascent to the experienced.” —Richard G. Hawke! Chicago Botanic Garden “If anyone knows the ins and outs of Midwest gardening! it's Lyon.” — Chicago Tribune “Ed Lyon shares his encyclopedia knowledge of the tips! techniques! and plants specifically suited to the heartland. . . . this reference will help you make better plant choices! select friendlier planting locations! and create your own distinctly Midwest garden.” — Michigan Gardener “Full of tips! techniques and plants.” — Iowa City Press-Citizen? Informationen zum Autor Edward Lyon is the director of Iowa State University’s Reiman Gardens. He has worked for Chicago Botanic Garden! Olbrich Botanical Gardens! and Rotary Botanical Gardens. Through Spellbound Garden Writing & Consultation! he writes and speaks nationally for public and professional audiences. Ed writes the Ask the Expert column and feature articles for Wisconsin Gardening magazine! and a regular regional report and feature articles for Chicagoland Gardening . He teaches and lectures and is a frequent keynote speaker. Klappentext Create a marvelous Midwest garden Everyone wants a glorious garden! but conditions in the Midwest can make it a challenge to grow the most popular ornamentals. Let Midwest gardening expert Ed Lyon help you with his encyclopedic knowledge of the tips! techniques! and plants specifically suited to the heartland. Learn the region’s myriad climates! geography! soils! and how to work with them. Follow the specially compiled A-to-Z plant guide to discover the very best choices for your region! and find inspiration in stunningly photographed! site-specific design solutions. Put an insider’s knowledge to work to make better plant choices! select friendlier planting locations! and create your own distinctly Midwest home garden. Preface Horticulture is my second career. When I lost my agribusiness job in the 1990s, like many people at that time, I realized it might be a good time to return to college for a new career. I researched a number of fields and realized that what I had always considered a hobby, gardening, had developed into an obsession. That insight directed me to a plant-based focus and I worked toward an M.S. degree in horticulture. I think the value of this book is that a hands-on amateur turned “expert” is dispensing the advice. When I advise others I am quick to tell them that they will learn far more from my mistakes than my successes. This might be my definition of gardening. As a horticulturist, I will forever be in debt to my father for teaching me about native vegetation. It was an integral part of our lives that instilled deep love and appreciation for nature and would eventually change my career. I doubt I will ever feel at home without the proximity of trees and scent of dried leaves. Growing up on a small dairy farm near Cooperstown, New York, I remember my father lamenting that the property bordering our farm contained black locust, but it missed our land entirely. In contrast, we were the only farm with mature, fruit-bearing butternuts (oh, how I miss Mom’s butternut cake!). We didn’t think consciously about it as youngsters but we had already learned that plants prefer specific environments and what flourished in one area didn’t thrive in others. When I took dendrology (a fancy name for the botanical, versus horticultural, study of trees), we learned how site specific tree species can be. I returned home after that class and took a reminiscent walk through the “back forty.” I noticed that musclewood and ironwood grew only in the wooded border, sugar maple and beech populated the eastern hillside, and eastern hem...
