Winter-Flowering Shrubs

Gardeners, plant collectors, horticulturists, and landscape designers will find a valuable resource in this carefully selected plant directory of best performing winter-flowering shrubs. Readers will find daphnes, viburnums, witch hazels, and camellias to suit every taste and garden situation, as well as information about how to help their choice winter-flowering shrubs flourish from November to March. Tips on combining winter-flowering shrubs, using winter sunlight to backlight choice specimens, and getting the right balance of complementary plants complete this practical and inspiring guide. Whether looking to extend a plant collection or create a winter garden, collectors and gardeners alike will delight in the possibilities available for blooms and scents in colder climates. "The cornerstone of this book is a hand-picked plant directory featuring both established favourites and lesser-known collectibles, all chosen for their winter-flowering performance. After years of observing how plants react to different types of wintry conditions, Michael Buffin explains what happens physiologically to plants in winter, how they respond to different types of cold - low temperatures, bitter winds, saturated ground - and what gardeners can do to help their choice winter-flowering shrubs flourish. Tips on combining winter-flowering shrubs, using winter sunlight to backlight choice specimens, and getting the right balance of plants that offer different characteristics complete this guide. Whether looking to extend a plant collection or create a winter garden from scratch, collectors and gardeners alike will delight in the winter landscape evoked here."--Jacket Gardeners, horticulturists, and landscape designers will find a useful resource in this carefully selected plant directory of best performing winter-flowering shrubs. It also contains tips on combining winter-flowering shrubs, using winter sunlight to backlight choice specimens, and getting the right balance of complementary plants. Many of us may already have winter plants in our gardens, and we may also feel that a good winter-flowering shrub may enliven our winter landscape, but all too often this is the only type of winter plant we focus on.