Elegant Silvers: Striking Plants for Every Garden
Gardner and Bussolini are a great team, bringing together decades of herbal expertise, gardening acumen, and an exciting vision of how silver foliage contributes to the impact and allure of a garden plan. Encyclopedic entries point out each plant's natural habitat, from the humid South to the frigid North, and clear advice on cultivation requirements and hardiness will help immensely in choosing the best plants for specific situations. The range of silver plant material is exciting, from drought-tolerant and deer-resistant selections to plants for sun or shade. Bussolini and Gardner reveal the merits of tactile and structural specimens, offering an inspiring trove that includes touchable perennials with downy leaves, ground-covering annuals to brighten beds and borders, herbs for fragrance, architectural succulents, and irresistible flowering shrubs. To provide backbone in the garden, a crucial design element, the entries include a host of trees, including palms with dramatic fans, the emphatic forms of majestic and dwarf conifers, and elegant deciduous species. Required reading for avid gardeners.Alice JoyceCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved