Select the best plant choices for striking year-round garden displays. Detailed instructions cover design, planting, care, propagation, and natural pest control. Includes 12 professionally designed garden plans and an illustrated encyclopedia.

Bonsai
128 Pages
250 Photos, 20 illustrations

If you’re just discovering this exotic world, be forewarned: you’re in for a fascinating but addictive journey. Bonsai, the latest edition of a perennial Sunset bestseller, covers the origins and principles of this ancient art form while providing detailed step-by-step instructions and full-color photography of beginning, intermediate, and more advanced techniques. The expanded encyclopedia recommends the best plants for successful bonsai displays.

California Top 10 Garden Guide
288 Pages
425 Photos, 40 illustrations

Release Date: January 2004

Geared toward a new generation of California gardeners, this user-friendly guide is one of the first in a ground-breaking new Sunset series. It covers all categories and regional varieties, focusing on readily available plants that deliver optimal results with easy-to-understand selection and growing instructions. Includes a Calendar of Top 10 Tasks for each season with tips on pruning trees, feeding citrus, planting bare-root roses, and more. Richly illustrated with over hundreds of photos and backed up by specific how-to instructions and illustrations, it provides all the resources to create a thriving garden in the Golden State. Edited by Sunset magazine senior garden editor Kathleen N. Brenzel.

Container Gardening
128 Pages
200+ Photos, 50 illustrations

Release Date: January 2004

In this all-new edition of a Sunset classic, where the containers go is as important as what goes in the containers. Large photos illustrate the concept of “landscaping” with potted containers; step-by-step directions show how to create containers with maximum visual impact. The book also describes the best plants for certain container situations, such as compact fruits and herbs for an edible garden on a balcony, or night-blooming flowers for a romantic evening garden. Focusing on areas typically used for planted containers—rooftops, courtyards, and decks—it guides readers through the challenges of each and explores new ways to push creative potential.

Cottage Gardens
128 Pages
245 Photos, 3 illustrations garden plans

They may look abundantly wild and romantic, but it takes the right combination of colors, texture, placement, and accessories to create that "just happened" look. Sunset’s Cottage Gardens visits the English origins of this increasingly popular style, and offers practical advice for getting started, specifics on regional variations, design tips, basic plant profiles, plus recommendations on structural details. All of which add up to the wonderfully casual style that characterizes Cottage Gardens.

Garden Designs
112 Pages
48 Photos, 184 illustrations

Ready-to-use planting designs for every corner of the garden are found in this collection of 88 full-color illustrated garden plans accompanied by detailed planting lists. Included is everything you need to create cottage gardens, colorful flower and herb beds, grand garden entrances, and much more. There are also great ideas for problem areas and for gardens that appeal to birds and butterflies.

Gardening in the Northwest
192 Pages
325 Photos, 9 illustrations

Gardeners from Oregon to British Columbia and beyond will applaud the arrival of this all-new, comprehensive regional guide. Gardening in the Northwest profiles dozens of innovative gardens, each one a stunning example of a particular style with a distinctly Northwest flair. Inspiring text is supported by handsome photography illustrating a variety of gardening environs, signature plants, and art and structure elements that add the finishing touches. In addition, microclimate maps and detailed descriptions for seven Northwest Regions help gardeners make the most of their growing conditions.

Greenhouses
112 Pages
112 Photos, 65 illustrations, 12 Greenhouse Plans

Whether creating an environment for year-round growing or an indoor garden room to enjoy, this book has plenty of information and inspiration. Learn the basics of building your own greenhouse, indoor plant propagation techniques, and much more.

Hillside Landscaping
128 Pages
193 Photos, 55 illustrations

This all-inclusive book explores landscaping solutions for properties with everything from slight slopes to steeper challenges. Includes designs, step and path ideas, plant selection guides, techniques for erosion control, and much more.

Ideas for Great Garden Decor
112 Pages
285 Photos

Whether your style is wild, whimsical, contemporary or classic, you’ll discover artful ways to adorn your garden with decorative accessories of all kinds. See how easy it is to coordinate garden accent pieces with the plantings in your yard. There’s even a helpful resource guide that tells where to find garden accessories of all types.