Designing with plants / Piet Oudolf with Noël Kingsbury.

Shows the range of plant choice available in form, texture, and color. This work also shows how to combine these elements to create stunning and sculptural gardens. It emphasizes the importance of choosing plants that have value throughout the seasons.

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Main Author: Oudolf, Piet
Other Authors: Kingsbury, Noël
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 1999.
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Table of Contents:
  • Planting palettes : Form ; Leaves ; colour
  • Designing schemes : Combining forms ; Combining colours ; Structure & filler plants ; Using grasses ; Using umbellifers ; Repetition & rhythm ; Assembling a planting ; Natural planting ; Planting through the seasons ; Breaking the rules ; Evolution ; Using plants as architecture
  • Moods : Light ; Movement ; Harmony ; Control ; The sublime ; Mysticism
  • Year-round planting : Birth ; Life ; Death
  • Plant directory.