Is your winter garden dull and dreary? Or full of beauty and interest no matter what time of the year? Want to learn to increase the winter beauty in your landscape?Beauty in the winter landscape can be found in: - Winter Blooms -- Yes, flowers in the winter are possible.
- Seeds & Seedpods -- Beautiful snow catching, and eye catching additions to the winter garden.
- Berries -- Sometimes seeds are in the form of brilliant berry clusters.
- Shapes & Silhouettes -- Even without leaves plants can be beautiful or unique.
- Barks -- From subdued to fiery, there are plenty of choices.
- Evergreens -- The classic staple of the four-season garden.
I have to admit that for me, thinking of my garden from a year-round perspective took a bit of time to learn. Even though I am not one to buy plants that are blooming and I like perennials which have staggered bloom times, I still had a habit of planting what would look good at the height of the season, say June and July, leaving me with nothing but a bed mounding with shrub-like herbs, no flowers and an snarl of plants by August and September. Learning to pre-plan...
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Okay have you started a wish list? Then let’s begin to refine. If you are not a wild dreamer, then use these tips to get you started on that plant list.
Although the word herb usually refers to edible plants there are other kinds of herbs so although you do not want to grow more herbs than you can use in the kitchen that does not mean you should restrict yourself to herbs that can be eaten. You may even have herbs in your floral landscape already.
When choosing plants keep in mind several things:
- Did you grow plants last year?
- What plants did well?
- What plants did not do well? Do not grow plants that failed last year no matter how nice the picture in the catalog looks!
- Do you want them for fresh eating, medicine, dried projects, tea, etc?
- What varieties are suitable for your locality? This will include knowing your hardiness zone, but also what is winter like, does snow cover the ground most of the winter or does it snow and melt or get very cold and windy without snow.
If you have a lot of...
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