Synopses & Reviews
There is more to a plant than just its flowers, as we learn in this delightfully
illustrated book showing how to use leaves, bark, berries, and stems to enhance a garden.
As Ethne Clarke reveals, colorful stems, handsome bark, striking leaf shapes, stunning
berries, and luxuriant foliage are just some of the characteristics that gardeners should
consider to enhance the beauty of large or small gardens. Using foliage plants as an
effective backdrop to flowers or as a focal point serves to beautify a garden throughout
the year, even in winter. The author suggests that landscapes provide ideas about creating
the natural habitat within a cultivated area. She describes some two hundred plants that
have interesting features and shows how they can be used to best effect in the garden.
Detailed planting plans and revealing photographs of well-known and less-familiar plants,
especially commissioned for this book, illustrate how to use plants in gardens of all sizes.
Also included is a comprehensive plant directory consisting of plants that make the most
dramatic contribution to the garden scene, arranged by color. Filled with fresh ideas,
this is the perfect book for creative individuals interested in a new approach to gardening.
Ethne Clarke, an American, lives in Norfolk, England, where she has created a foliage garden
from an empty field. A prize-winning author and lecturer, she has also written Herb Garden
Design, English Country Garden, and Art of the Kitchen Garden. Clive Nichols specializes
in photographing gardens and plants. He regularly contributes to leading publications and
is the author of the award-winning Photographing Plants & Gardens.
325 full-color illustrations
Synopsis
As Ethne Clarke reveals, colorful stems, handsome bark, striking leaf shapes, stunning berries, and luxuriant foliage are just some of the characteristics that gardeners should consider to enhance the beauty of large or small gardens. Using foliage plants as an effective backdrop to flowers or as a focal point serves to beauty a garden throughout the year, even in winter. The author suggests that landscapes provide ideas about creating the natural habitat within a cultivated area. She describes some two hundred plants that have interesting features and shows how they can be used to best effect in the garden. Detailed planting plans and revealing photographs of well-known and less-familiar plants, especially commissioned for this book, illustrate how to use plants in gardens of all sizes. Also included is a comprehensive plant directory consisting of plants that make the most dramatic contribution to the garden scene, arranged by color. Filled with fresh ideas, this is the perfect book for creative individuals interested in a new approach to gardening.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 160) and index.