PLSC 365
HERBACEOUS LANDSCAPE PLANTS
Selected Reference List

INSTRUCTOR:
          Dr. Harlene Hatterman - Valenti
          Office: 266H Loftsgard Hall
          Phone: 231-8536
          Email: h.hatterman.valenti@ndsu.edu


TEXT:

          Manual of Herbaceous Ornamental Plants; Still, S. M.; 4th Edit.; Stipes Pub.           Co.; 1994; 814 pp.

          PLSC 365 - Herbaceous Landscape Plants Course Material Packet


ADDITIONAL REFERENCES AVAILABLE AT VARSITY MART:

          Flowers for Northern Gardens; Snyder, L.C.; Univ. of MN Press; 1991;
          385 pp. (2nd Printing, paperback)
        

          Herbaceous Perennial Plants; Armitage, A.M.; Stipes Publ. Co.; 1997;
                    1141 pp.

          Centennial Edition - Pictorial Guide to Perennials; Merchants Publ. Co.,
                    2001; 177 pp.


OTHER REFERENCES:

Annuals for the Plains and Prairies; Toop, E.W.; Lone Pine Publishing; 1997; 215 pp.

Perennials for the Prairies; Toop, E.,W. and S. Williams; Faculty of Extension; University of Alberta, Edmonton; 1991.

Ornamental Bedding Plants; Armitage, A.M., CAB International; 1994; 175 pp.

Ball Red Book; Ball, V., Editor; Ball Publishing; 16th Edition; 1997; 816 pp.

Ball Perennial Manual - Propagation and Production; Nau, J.; Ball Publishing; 1996.

Ball Culture Guide, The Encyclopedia of Seed Germination; Nau, J.; 2nd Edition; 1993; 144 pp.

Ball Pest and Disease Manual; Powell, C.C. and R.K. Lindquist; Ball Publishing; 1997; 448 pp.

The Cultivation of Hardy Perennials; Bird, R.; B.T. Batsford, Ltd; 1994; 176 pp.

Herbaceous Perennial Plants; Armitage, A.M.; Stipes Publishing; 2nd Edition; 1997; 1141 pp.

Bedding Plants IV - A Manual on the Culture of Bedding Plants as a Greenhouse Crop; 4th Edition; Mastalerz, J.W. and E.J. Holcomb; published by PA Flower Growers; 1994; 452 pp.

Plug and Transplant Production - A Grower’s Guide; Styer, R.C. and D.S. Koranski; Ball Publishing; 1997; 400 pp.

Tips on Growing Bedding Plants; Tayama, H.K. & T. J. Roll; Bull. FP-763; Coop. Ext. Serv.; The Ohio State University; 2nd Edition; 1989.

Tips on Growing & Marketing Hanging Baskets; The Ohio Florist's Assoc.; 1994; 88 pp.

The Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses; Darke, R.; 1999; Timber Press; 328 pp.

Herbaceous Perennials; Giles, F.A., R.M. Keith and D.C. Saupe; Reston Publ. Co.; 1980; 356 pp.

Gardening with Grasses; King, M. and P. Audolf; Ball Publishing; 1998; 152 pp.

The Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses; Greenlee, J.; Amer. Nur. Publ. Co.; 1992; 128 pp.

ProSeries Plant Database for CD-ROM (ID) and Land Designer Pro® (Design); Amer. Nur. Publ. Co.

Photo-library of Herbaceous Plants on CD-ROM; Armitage, A.M.; Plant America™ (4 disks, 7200 images); 1998.

Horticopia™: Perennials and Annuals, II, CD-ROM; Desops, Ltd; Box 1200; Purcellville, VA 22132; (3000 full color images).

The Perennial Garden; Cox, Jeff & Marilyn; Rodale Press; 1985; 304 pp.

Pictorial Guide to Perennials; Coleman, M.J. and K.S. Decker; Merchants Publ. Co.; Kalamazoo, MI; 1991; 128 pp. (Full Color).

Ground Covers for the Midwest; Voight, T.B., B.R. Hamilton and F.A. Giles; U. of IL.; N. Cent. Reg. Ext. Publ. 400; 1993; 184 pp.

Perennials, How to Select, Grow and Enjoy; Harper, P. and F. McGouty; HP Books, Inc; 1985; 160 pp.

Perennials for American Gardens; Clausen, R.R. and N.H. Ekstrom; Random House; 1989.

The Complete Manual of Perennial Ground Covers; MacKenzie, D.S.; Prentice-Hall, Inc.; 1989; 339 pp.

Landscaping with Perennials; Brown, E.; Timber Press; 1986; 304 pp.

Annuals; Fell; HP Books, Inc.

The American Mixed Border; Lovejoy, A.; MacMillan; 1993.

Native Plants For Northern Gardens; Snyder, L.C.; Andersen Horticultural Library, U. of MN; 1991, 277 pp.

Growing Perennials in Cold Climates; Heger, M. and J. Whitman; Contemporary Books; 1998; 431 pp.

Diseases of Annuals & Perennials - A Ball Guide; Chase, A.R., M. Doughtrey & G. Simone; Ball Publishing; 1995; 224 pp.

Hardy Herbaceous Perennials; Jelitto, L., W. Schacht and A. Fessler; Vol. 1 (A-K) and Vol 2 (L-Z); 1990.

Encyclopedia of Perennials; Woods, C.; AHS Books; 1992; 350 pp.

Bedding Plants, Prolonging Shelf Performance, Post Production Care and Handling; Armitage, A.M., Rodale Books; 1993; 71 pp.

Hardy Flowering Plants, A Closer Look; 4 video set; Strohbeen, K. and Hamernik, H.; Bluebird Nur., Inc.; Box 460, Clarkson, NB.

The Guide to Garden Flowers; Taylor, N.; Houghton Miffin Co.; Boston, MA; 1958.

The Color Dictionary of Flowers and Plants for Home and Garden; Hay, R. and P.M. Snyge; Crown Publishers, Inc,; NY; 1969.

Gardening with Perennials Month by Month; Hudak, J.; Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Co.; 10 East 53 Street; New York, NY; 2nd Edit.; 1993. (Timber Press).

Good Housekeeping Illustrated Encyclopedia of Gardening; 16 Volumes; Bailey, R.; Editor, Book Division; Heart Magazines; NY.

Rodale's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Perennials; Phillips, E. and C. Burrell; 1993; 533 pp.

The Professional Guide to Flowering Annuals; Professional Plant Grower's Association; 28-page booklet.


SEED CATALOGS:

Ernst-Benary of America, Inc.; 1444 Larson St.; Sycamore, IL 60178-9705

Wayside Gardens; The Wayside Gardens Co.; Hodges, SC 29695-0001

Novartis; 5300 Katrine Ave., Downers Grove, IL 60515-4095 (bought out Northrup King & Co. and most recently Vaughans Seed Co.)

Park Seed Wholesale; 1 Parkton Ave.; Greenwood, SC 29647-0001

Bodger Seeds, Ltd.; 1800 Tyler Ave., South El Monte, CA 91733-3618.

W. Atlee Burpee Co.; 300 Park Ave.; Warminster, PA 18974-4818

R.H. Shumways; P.O. Box 10, 571 Wholery Pond Rd., Graniteville, SC 29829

Sakata Seed America, Inc.; P.O. Box 880; Morgan Hill, CA 95038-0880

White Flower Farm; P.O. Box 50; Litchfield, CT 06759-0050.

Thompson & Morgan; P. O. Box 1308; Jackson, NJ 08527-0308

Harris Moran Seed Co.; 3670 Buffalo Rd.; Rochester, NY 14624

Ball Seed Co.; 622 Town Road; West Chicago, IL 60185-2698

H.G. German Seeds; 201 West Main Street; Box 398; Smethport, PA 16749

Goldsmith Seeds, Inc.; PO Box 1349; Gilroy, CA 95021-1349

Oglevee Ltd.; 152 Oglevee Lane; Connellsville, PA 15425

Daehnfeldt, Inc.; 1308 State Road 114 West; North Manchester, IN 46962-4200.

G.S. Grimes Seeds; 11335 Concord-Hambden Rd.; PO Box 640; Concord, OH 44077

Sluis and Groot America, Inc.; 5405 Illinois Rd.; Ft. Wayne, IN 46804

Germania Seed Co.; 5952 N. Milwaukee Ave.; Chicago, IL 60646

Express Seed Co.; 300 Artino St.; Oberlin, OH 44074-1263.


PERIODICALS:

Perennial Plants; publication of Perennial Plant Assoc.; publ. quarterly.

Fine Gardening; The Taunton Press, Inc.; Newtown, CT 06470; publ. bimonthly.

The American Gardener; The American Horticultural Society, Publisher; Alexandria, Virginia; published bimonthly.

Flower and Garden; Modern Handcraft, Inc; 4251 Pennsylvania; Kansas City, MO; published monthly.

Florist's Review; Florist's Publishing Co.; 310 South Michigan Ave.; Chicago, IL; published monthly.

Horticulture; Massachusetts Horticultural Society; 300 Mass. Ave.; Boston, MA; published monthly.

The Prairie Garden; published by Winnipeg Horticultural Society; P.O. Box 517; Winnipeg, Manitoba; Annual Edition.

Greenhouse Grower; Meister Publ. Co.; 37733 Euclid Ave.; Willoughby, OH 44094; published monthly.

Greenhouse Product News; Scranton Gillette Communications; 380 E. Northwest Hwy.; Des Plaines, IL 60016-2282; published monthly.

NM Pro; Nursery Management and Production; Branch-Smith Publishing; 120 St. Louis Ave.; Fort Worth, TX 76104; published monthly.

GMPRO; Greenhouse Management and Production; Branch-Smith Publishing; 120 St. Louis Ave.; Fort Worth, TX 76104; published monthly.

Grower Talks; Geo. J. Ball, Inc.; 622 Town Rd.; West Chicago, IL 60185; published monthly.

Greenhouse Business; McCormick Communications Group, Ltd.; P.O. Box 698; Park Ridge, IL 60068-0698; published monthly.

Connecticut Greenhouse Newsletter; Cooperative Extension Service; Univ. of CT.

Northern Gardener; publ. by MN State Horticultural Society; 1755 Prior Avenue North, Falcon Heights, MN; 9 issues/year.

BP News; Bedding Plants, International; 2043 Hamilton Rd.; PO Box 286; Okemos, MI 48864, published monthly.

NOTE! Additional references will be reproduced for handout to class and/or assigned reading. Students are expected to consult references about particular plants and/or subject area as each is discussed.