Tree and Shrub Gardening for Minnesota and Wisconsin

by Don Engebretson, Don Williamson

MNand WI gardeners can easily select, plant and care for their gardens' trees and shrubs with the help of this guide. It describes hundreds of species, hybrids, varieties and cultivars, points out the best features of each and includes accurate information on each plant's size, shape and growing zone.

Genres: Nonfiction, Gardening

360 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2005

About the author

I've lived my life in chapters, now that I think about it. My work resume includes bellhop, fishing guide, state fair pitchman, underground miner (kids, stay in school!), rock musician, rock band manager, trade and consumer show producer, corporate VP, landscape designer, business owner and writer. Always a writer.

The advice is always write what you know, write what you love, and for me that was gardening. In my late 20s I started writing a 500-word gardening column for a Twin Cities weekly newspaper. Five years later I was writing for Better Homes and Gardens. I wrote five gardening books. I've lost track of how many magazines and newspapers have published my columns and articles over the years. Dozens, for sure.

In 2019 I sat down to write a novel that had been sliding across my brain like a box of broken glass. It's titled "Welcome to Kamini," and it's pretty good. I'm happy with it, put it that way.

Reviews

[Becky Loader]

What an excellent little book! I am going to purchase one to keep as a handbook for my garden.

[Laurla2]

lots of nice pictures, not a lot of specific info, and certainly not a lot about fruit trees. this would be a good guide for someone trying to pick stuff to landscape with. it did however remind me that i think star magnolia is beautiful, and can be grown in minnesota.