Getting Answers Today
- 1. Julie Weisenhorn Extension Educator Director, Master Gardener Program University of Minnesota Winter Interest in the Landscape
- 3. Plant Elements of Design Selecting plants for sustainable design Type Size – mature plant Texture Form Seasonal interest Cold hardiness Light requirements Moisture requirements Soil requirements Disease / insect resistance
- 4. Elements specific to winter interest Plant type Cold tolerance – snow removal, salt, winter burn Size Texture Form / structure Seasonal interest specifics
- 5. Plant type Woody plant Tree, shrub, evergreen, deciduous, vine Location: snow removal, salt Winter burn Herbaceous plant Dies back to the ground Can survive under snow Salt / sand tolerance Some interest from persistent flower heads
- 6. Woody plants
- 8. Snow removal
- 9. Salt damage Photo credit: http://www.ppdl.purdue.edu/PPDL/images/saltdamage.jpg
- 10. Winter burn
- 11. Size
- 12. Plant texture Coarse Medium Fine
- 18. Plant Form Structure Branching habit Weeping Upright Prostrate Spreading Rounded Mound Contorted
- 34. Winter specimens Flower head, bud Leaves Bark Fruit, seed