Peachy the Magazine January / February 2014 | Page 42
Winter Brights
FROM THE TOP DOWN
As leaves fall and flowers die, the bare
bones of the garden emerge. Within
this framework, the many layers and
levels stand out and winter is the time
to let your garden’s structure take center
stage. Trees are an important layer in the
structure of a winter garden. Suzy Bales,
author of The Garden in Winter: Plant for
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PEACHY
Beauty and Interest in the Quiet Season,
offers this insight: “While many of
us think of conifers as the ideal winter trees, deciduous trees are worth
considering for their striking naked
silhouettes. Apple trees come to mind
immediately; their gnarled trunks and
branches twist and turn like a Giacometti
statue—such beautiful bones are meant