num_pages: 144
description: Timber Press has previously published two critically acclaimed and bestselling books by Piet Oudolf, the influential Dutch landscape Gardening with Grasses (with Michael King) and Designing with Plants (with Noël Kingsbury). This new collaboration with fellow Dutch plantsman Henk Gerritsen deals with a selection of some 1200 plants most suitable for Oudolf's New Wave naturalism, which emphasizes the importance of plant structures in providing all-season interest. The gardener can prune back plants after flowering to create a perpetual spring — at least until the onset of winter — but the authors prefer to follow nature's example and let plants finish flowering, not only to please the birds and butterflies, but for the beauty that well-chosen plant groupings offer as they reach the end of their life cycle. Many illustrations in this book demonstrate the striking effects of Oudolf's favorite plants in fall and winter.
language: English
title: Dream Plants for the Natural Garden
titlecomplete: Dream Plants for the Natural Garden
genres: Nonfiction, Gardening, Nature
ratings_count: 124
publisher: Timber Press