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 40 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