Consider the Leaf: Foliage in Garden Design.JUDY GLATTSTEIN After the flowers, then what? How do you keep a garden interesting? Foliage, declares Glattstein. She encourages gardeners to plant with an emphasis on leaf form, texture, and color that will maintain the garden's vibrancy vi·brant adj. 1. a. Pulsing or throbbing with energy or activity: the vibrant streets of a big city. b. throughout the growing season growing season, period during which plant growth takes place. In temperate climates the growing season is limited by seasonal changes in temperature and is defined as the period between the last killing frost of spring and the first killing frost of autumn, at which , if not the whole year. Moreover, she reports, foliage plants foliage plant n. A plant cultivated chiefly for its ornamental leaves. are often easier to maintain than bloomers. Glattstein instructs gardeners on how to select intriguing in·trigue n. 1. a. A secret or underhand scheme; a plot. b. The practice of or involvement in such schemes. 2. A clandestine love affair. v. plant combinations based on leaf shape and color. Timber Pr, 2003, 227 p., color plates, hardcover, $24.95. |
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