Plants for All Seasons: Beautiful and Versatile Plants That Change Through the Year by Ursula Buchan (HC/DJ)

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 than85 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.