Resources on Plants and Soil
American Horticultural Society resources
American Horticultural Society
www.ahs.org
Great Plant Guide
www.ahs.org/books/books.htm
Hardiness and Heat Zone Maps
Hardiness Map: www.ahs.org/publications/usda_hardiness_zone_map.htm
Heat Zone Map: www.ahs.org/publications/heat_zone_map.htm
Information about reliable plants in different regions of the country
Great Plant Picks for the Pacific Northwest
www.greatplantpicks.org
Long Island Gold Medal Plant Award Program brochure
www.ccesuffolk.org/the-long-island-gold-medal-plant-program/
National Gardening Association
Plant Finder, searchable by hardiness zone and other criteria
www.garden.org/plantfinder
Also, click on Regional Reports for more information about plants
in every region of the U.S.
Missouri Botanical Garden
Plant Finder: www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Alpha.asp
Also lists Plants of Merit for St. Louis region
Perennial Plant of the Year
View selections from 1990 to date
www.perennialplant.org
The United States National Arboretum
www.usna.usda.gov/
Information on invasive plants and weeds
Brooklyn Botanic Garden All-Region Guides:
Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants, By C. Colston Burrell
Available at www.bbg.org; click on Shop, then BBG Publications
Center for Invasive Plant Management
www.weedcenter.org
National Gardening Association
Weed Library: www.garden.org/weedlibrary/
United States Department of Agriculture
www.plants.usda.gov/java/noxiousDriver
General information on soil
The Soil and Water Conservation Society
www.swcs.org
Soil Food Web
www.soilfoodweb.com
Soil Science Society of America
www.soils.org
USDA National Resources Conservation Service
www.ny.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/soils/
Soil testing information
Cooperative Extensions
Find your nearest cooperative extension office
www.csrees.usda.gov/Extension/index.html
University of Massachusetts Amherst:
Soil & Plant Tissue Testing Laboratory
www.umass.edu/soiltest/
Making compost and compost tea
Battery Park City Conservancy
www.bpcparks.org/bpcp/bpcp/operations.php
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Urban Composting Project
www.bbg.org/compost
Composting and Landscaping at Home
http://www.homeadvisor.com/r/composting-and-landscaping-at-home/#.WJNtorYrLJw
International Compost Tea Council
www.intlctc.org
National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
www.attra.org, see “Notes On Compost Teas” publication in section on
Soils & Compost
US Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/rrr/composting/
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service compost information
www.ars.usda.gov/Research/docs.htm?docid=8818#Backyard%20Composting