BOOKS
	Taylor's Guide to Perennials Can you tell the difference between perennials and annuals? This book is very helpful in determining which plants are indeed perennials. For each perennial featured there is a detailed photo, drawing, description, and it's specific growing information for your region.
	Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants (Brooklyn Botanic Garden All-Region Guides)  The biggest enemy of any garden is not a pest, disease, or poison—it’s any plant with tougher survival skills than the plants it competes with. The best way to weed out the invaders is with this fiendishly clever guide to native plants that can seek and destroy the top 100 most unwelcome perennials, grasses, vines, shrubs, and trees. While replacing the invaders, the beautiful, hardy native plants described here also attract native birds and butterflies, while turning away their own enemy invaders. Word-and-picture guides provide tips on care and maintenance, while helpful “at a glance” boxes depict shapes, sizes, best locations, and most attractive features of each native alternative.
	Reader's Digest New Illustrated Guide to Gardening or Reader's Digest Illustrated Guide to Gardening (Older Version) This guidebook is jam-packed with useful and imperative information for successful lawns, gardens, greenhouses, houseplants, etc. with over 700 plant profiles, techniques and how-to advice. Great for any new or expert gardener.

LINKS

Garden Resources Online (Cornell University Dept. of Horticulture) Tons of free information on all things pertaining to gardening and more, included specific guides to vegetables, flowers, fruit, lawn, trees & shrubs, houseplants, weather, soil & composting and pests. The website also features gardening factsheets, detailed downloadable guides, podcasts, etc.

Plant Diagnostic Web Site (University of Maryland) Organized by symptoms for trees, shrubs, houseplants, herbaceous perennials, vegetables, lawns and more. Complete with photos for easy diagnosis of common diseases, insects and environmental stresses. Suggests IPM methods.

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