Winter perennials?
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- Subject: Winter perennials?
- From: L*
- Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 07:42:21 +0100
Looking round my garden the other day I was thinking about
the evergreen shrubs I've got (things like camellias, fatsia
japonica and mahonia) that will be our main interest in
winter. It got me wondering, I know that virtually all
perennials disappear in the winter, but are there any that
will not lose their leaves and will continue to provide
structure and interest into the winter months (I'm not
talking about flowers here). I remember reading that in
some Dutch gardens they use things like fennel because they
look marvellous with the frost on them. I'm sure this is
true, but we don't have many frosts in a winter. Last
winter, my fennel looked like blackened spinach on stalks -
not very attractive at all. Also towards late winter bulbs
will be coming up, but earlier on? Obviously this question
depends on the sort of winter you have, for example if your
garden is covered in snow for weeks on end. We don't have
that, not much frost, not much snow, but cold enough for
things to stop growing. Has anyone got any ideas?
Louise, southern England
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