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Winter-flowering Shrubs
Winter is the season of intrigue and surprise in the garden, when sight of a single,
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In temperate zones it is possible to have a shrub in flower for every day between November and March, and with careful selection the display continues throughout the rest of the year. The cornerstone of this book is a hand-picked plant directory featuring both established favourites and lesser-known collectables, all chosen for their winter-flowering performance. Here you will find daphnes, viburnums, witch hazels, and camellias to suit every taste and garden situation. 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 practical and inspiring guide.
In Winter-flowering Shrubs we join Buffin as he relates his hands-on experience of growing and observing plants in some of the world's great winter gardens. Whether looking to extend a plant collection or create a winter garden from scratch, collectors and gardeners alike will delight in the tantalizing winter landscape evoked here.
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