Tldr: In search of books on gardening with native plants in Selah.

Hello! Someone I know moved to Yakima county (Selah) and I want to get them a book on the native plants in the area. If there are any about gardening and landscaping with native plants of the area that would be even better!

I have come across some about gardening with natives in PNW or Washington in general but I imagine there's a lot of variation across the state.

I don't live in Washington and I'm not a gardener myself so I'm not sure which sources are the most reputable and what the best search terms for the region (like if there are microclimates I don't know about or something lol)so thank you for your help!

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Active-Ad3977 t1_j0nirh3 wrote on December 18, 2022 at 12:38 AM

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I’m in eastern Washington so I don’t have personal experience gardening in that area, but this looks like a good resource. They might also want to check out WSU’s Yakima county extension office and the Yakima conservation district office- they have a plant sale in the spring. My conservation district’s plant sale has some hard to find plants for cheap, because they’re all provided through volunteer labor by master gardeners from their own gardens.

You’re right about variation across the state, Washington is probably the most ecologically/geographically diverse state in the US

lurker-1969 t1_j0nuyi8 wrote on December 18, 2022 at 2:16 AM

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Contact the Extension Service at Washington State University.

shaggy908 t1_j0reyc6 wrote on December 18, 2022 at 9:15 PM

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I’d highly recommend “Gardening with Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest” by Kruckeberg and Chalker-Scott.

It’s a great resource for anyone on either side of the mountains. There’s good information specific to the Yakima area but it covers a lot more too

Edit: forgot to give r/NativePlantGardening a shout out. Great sub!

ElleyDM OP t1_j0rtxfi wrote on December 18, 2022 at 11:00 PM

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Replying to lurker-1969 (#958,658)

Thanks! I'll try that!

ElleyDM OP t1_j0ru3jz wrote on December 18, 2022 at 11:01 PM

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Replying to Active-Ad3977 (#957,983)

That looks like an awesome resource! I will definitely be passing this on to them and possibly reaching out to them for book recommendations. Thanks!

ElleyDM OP t1_j0s0oiu wrote on December 18, 2022 at 11:49 PM

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Replying to shaggy908 (#964,906)

Thank you for the book and sub recs! I will repost my question over there just to see if I get any more options but if not I'm glad I have one good one already. Thanks again!