Planting for All Seasons: Beautiful and Versatile Plants that Change Through the Year

by Ursula Buchan

With these 85 plants—plus a little imagination, planning, and this essential guide—any garden can look beautiful all year round. Each shrub, climber, tree, perennial, and other border plant receives one full page or more of coverage, and is superbly photographed and shown thriving throughout at least two seasons. An enlightening introduction explains basic planting principles, and sections dealing with foliage, flowers, berries, bark, and more reveal the variety of different possible effects gardeners can achieve any time of year. The bulk of the book is devoted to inspirational and highly informative plant features, with details on their height and spread, country of origin, flowering season, hardiness, and cultivation. Recommended by the Sunday Telegraph Magazine as one of the best gardening books of the year.

Genres: Gardening

96 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1999

Reviews

[Ruth Brumby]

This is a good idea and it is useful that she includes growing details for the plants she selects. However many of them need acid soil, so it wasn't terrifically useful for me. I think the photos could have been much better.

[David Ward]

Planting for All Seasons: Beautiful and Versatile Plants That Change Through the Year by Ursula Buchan (Mitchell Beazley 2009) (635.9). Color, beauty, and architectural interest are the keys. An important element stressed by this garden designer is the form and color of a plant when it is not in bloom. This seems to be a common sense perspective. My rating: 7/10, finished 5/10/2010.