Product Description

Winter. A time when colour, beauty, and fragrance disappear. The garden is prepared for protection against the old and then abandoned. In this book, the authors focus on gardens in the Southeast, meticulously describing the characteristics and vital growth information for each plant. Full-colour, detailed photographs exhibit several of the species from beautiful winter gardens in that region. Plants that endure the cold months successfully are categorised according to the features that make them aesthetic winter adornments: texture; pods, fruits, plumes, and berries; blossoms; fragrance; evergreen foliage.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #917876 in Books
• Published on: 1997-09
• Format: Bargain Price
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 194 pages

From Library Journal
Loewer is a prolific garden writer (e.g., Thoreau's Garden, LJ 8/1/96) who lives in North Carolina; Mellichamp is a botany instructor and greenhouse director at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. Here, they present thousands of plants with garden interest that thrive in the months from roughly Thanksgiving to April Fool's Day in the region bounded by Pennsylvania to the north, Florida to the south, and west as far as the Mississippi. Winters in this region are relatively short and mild (though not entirely free of occasional heavy snows, freezes, or other grim weather), and many plants either bloom, fruit, or offer attractive textures and foliage during these months. The book is divided into chapters on landscape design; plants with beautiful buds and branches; pods, fruits, and berries; flowers and blooming woody plants; fragrant plants; and evergreen foliage. Within each chapter, plants are listed alphabetically by botanical name, with brief discussions of their special qualities, care, and notable varieties. Appendixes (not seen) discuss sculpture, night-lighting, and sources. This is a very comprehensive book on a topic that deserves more attention. Recommended for most collections, especially in the Southeast.?Beth Clewis Crim, Prince William P.L., Va.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About the Author
Peter Loewer and Larry Mellichamp

Customer Reviews

love winter gardening
Everyone in the South should plant more ornamental plants for winter interest - from December through March. There are fragrant and cheerie flowers, colorful fruits, interesting barks and forms of twigs, and attractive evergreen leaves that make a walk i the garden in late February-early March something to look forward to. This beautiful and well-written book describes some 450 such plants, and has 150 excellent (mostly) color photos to inspire and inform. Dig it!