GALLERY: Our top picks for spring and summer flowers

The 8th edition of the Sunset Western Garden Book, our first revision in six years, contains 30 Plant Selection Guides, contributions from 40 Western garden experts, and more than 8,000 plant listings.

To give you a small taste of what’s new in the “bible of Western gardening,” we asked Kathleen N. Brenzel, the book’s editor and Sunset’s garden editor, for her picks of new plants for spring and summer.

Get Kathy's picks, accompanied by excerpts from the Western Garden Book’s encyclopedia listings and illustrations of related plants.

To order the new edition, click here.