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Article: The winter garden: a sleeping beauty.
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- The Saturday Evening Post
- Article date:
- January 1, 1988
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THE WINTER GARDEN: A SLEEPING BEAUTY
Winter is the season of greatest drama in nature and in the garden. At this coldest time of year, when the sun shines obliquely, the garden displays to best advantage the lines, forms, and textures of its components. In this season of stark contrasts and clear, icy colors, the winter garden has a refined character unequaled in other seasons of more vibrant colors.
Winter in most regions of the country is a period of rest and rejuvenation for garden trees, shrubs, hedges, and perennial flowers. Even in warmer climates the tempo of the winter garden is slower and more dramatic than in the other seasons. The dormant ...