Climbing Gardens: Adding Height and Structure to Your Garden
Passion flower. Chocolate vine. Golden trumpet. With names like these, who wouldn't want a garden bursting with climbing plants? Used for scent or screening, romance or relaxation, climbing plants also add a dimensional element otherwise missing from gardens that exist solely at ground level. In the language of garden design, this is known as "verticality," and Clifton shows how to achieve it through the felicitous combination of breathtaking plants and eye-catching support structures. These can be as commonplace as arbors and trellises or as unconventional as teepees and obelisks; woven together from exotic bamboo or forged from industrial steel. Enhanced by Steven Wooster's stunning photographs, Clifton's elegantly produced guide explores various thematic interpretations for climbing gardens, from romantic to urban, casual to formal. Along with detailed lists of suitable perennials, annuals, evergreens, and even vegetables, Clifton offers step-by-step instructions in a comprehensive resource for those wishing to take their gardens to new heights.Carol HaggasCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.