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LANDSCAPE INFORMATION SOURCES

There are innumerable sources of information on all aspects of landscaping. A few of these are listed here:

The following extension services can provide all kinds of excellent help relative to good plants for our area and landscaping particulars.
(Please contact the LARC for additional information and questions.)

Utah County Extension
(http://www.co.utah.ut.us/usuext)

Utah State University Extension
Utah County Office
51 So. University Avenue, Room 206
Provo, UT 84601
Phone: 370-8460, Fax: 343-8463, email: utah@ext.usu.edu
(This office will provide a free sprinkler check. Call 877-3420 for an appointment)

Some Helpful Publications For Our Area

These publications are presented here to provide ideas and help you in your landscaping planning and execution:

Landscaping Your Home (Utah State U. Extension, this pamphlet gives excellent information on landscape design, soils, climate, site analysis, landscape principles, etc. 50p)

Turf and Ornamental Fact Sheets (Utah State U. Extension, a fact sheet on planting and caring for lawns, trees, shrubs)

Low Water Use Plants (Utah State U. Extension, key to list of plants and their requirements including water needs, soil type, and sun requirements)

Shrub-like Ornamental Plants for Utah Landscapes (Utah State U. Extension, lists plant species, flower color, size, and comments of landscape interest, 9p.)

Home Lawns for Utah (Utah State University Extension, information on caring for established lawns, including irrigation, fertilizing, weeds, and mowing, 20p.)

All About Vegetables (West Edition, by Ortho, Growing, harvesting, and cooking vegetables)

Herb Gundell's Complete Guide To Rocky Mountain Gardening
Gardening Success (an excellent little book giving tips for growing things in our area including landscaping, lawns, trees, ornamental shrubs, ground covers, fruit trees and vegetable gardening, 407p.).

Desert Plants of Utah (Utah State University Extension, HG 505, discusses plants of the Utah desert with line drawings of each, good for identification 114p.)

A Utah Flora (Brigham Young University, covers the description of the vascular plants of Utah with keys for identification and geographic information).

Weeds of the West (an identification and description of important weed species in the Western United States with very good color photographs of each plant, 986p.).

Wildflowers of Southwestern Utah (A field guide to plants in Bryce Canyon, Cedar Breaks and surrounding plant communities, 119p.)

Utah Wildflowers, A Guide to Northern and Central Mountain and Valleys Custom Land Designer (landscape program on CD by Sierra Home)

City of Saratoga Springs, Secondary Water System pamphlet, July 3, 2002. (Important information regarding your secondary water system)

Trees of Utah (Bistlecone Press, Provo, UT, a guide to the identification of native and introduced trees in our state. Includes line drawings and descriptions.

National Audubon Society Field Guide To North American Trees, Western Region (color pictures and descriptive text on each species will help you to identify trees of our area quickly).

A Beginner's Guide to Mountain Flowers (Extension Service, Utah State University, a small pamphlet to assist the novice to identify native and naturalized plants 60p.)

The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers, Western Region, (Color photos [visual key] and text of over 650 western flowers)

The Alpine Flora of the Rocky Mountains (University of Utah Press, a detailed text including descriptions, distribution, and line drawings of each species,901p).

Gardening Success (Hermes House, this publication is designed to provide practical help and expert advice need by gardeners and includes planning, indoor gardening, plant descriptions, and photos, 312p).