Synopses & Reviews
Creating a garden landscape that has color, beauty, and architectural interest in all four seasons is far easier than most gardeners might imagine. The secret is to choose versatile plants, while appreciating that brilliant autumn and winter foliage can be just as striking as spring and summer flowers. In Plants for All Seasons, Ursula Buchan shows how--with a little imagination and planning--your garden can be a place of beauty throughout the year. She opens with an introduction to the principles of planting for more than one season of interest. She also shows how to assess your existing planting schemes to adapt them to a four-season plan. The main part of the book is devoted to more than 85 plant profiles--shrubs, climbers, trees, and perennials--each shown in at least two seasons of interest. Buchan reveals the special characteristics of each plant at different times of year, including height and spread, habit, country of origin, flowering season, hardiness, and cultivation. Brimming with gorgeous color photos, this is a book that every gardener will want to own.
Synopsis
With these 85 plantsplus a little imagination, planning, and this essential guideany garden can look beautiful all year round. Each shrub, climber, tree, perennial, and other border plant receives one full page or more of coverage, and is superbly photographed and shown thriving throughout at least two seasons. An enlightening introduction explains basic planting principles, and sections dealing with foliage, flowers, berries, bark, and more reveal the variety of different possible effects gardeners can achieve any time of year. The bulk of the book is devoted to inspirational and highly informative plant features, with details on their height and spread, country of origin, flowering season, hardiness, and cultivation.
Recommended by the Sunday Telegraph Magazine as one of the best gardening books of the year.