Creating Contrast with Dark Plants

by Freya Martin

Enter the plant world's heart of darkness--and discover it's beautiful, filled with luscious, deep tones to enrich any garden's color scheme. "Dark plants" are those with black, or nearly black, flowers and foliage. Unusual and marvelous, often tinged with purple or red, they can take the breath away; just look at the delicate, velvety "chocolate cosmos" (named for its delicious aroma), for example. Choose from an amazing array of annuals, biennials, and tender perennials; bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers; hardy perennials; and even trees, shrubs, and grasses, all in an alphabetical directory with descriptions and growing information. Six easy-to-implement design schemes take you through the seasons, and from sun-loving to shade plants. A Selection of
the Garden Book Club.

148 pages, Paperback

First published June 30, 2001

Reviews

[David Ward · Rating 3 out of 5]

Creating Contrast With Dark Plants by Freya Martin (Guild of Master Craftsmen 2001) (635.968). The focus on this book is the use of “dark” plants, which are those with a purplish or reddish hue, in the landscape. It also includes a catalog of applicable plants. My rating: 7/10, finished 2003.