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Julie Weisenhorn Julie Weisenhorn Extension Educator Extension Educator Director, Master Gardener Director, Master Gardener Program Program University of Minnesota University of Minnesota Winter Winter Interest in Interest in the the Landscape Landscape
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Julie WeisenhornJulie WeisenhornExtension EducatorExtension Educator
Director, Master Gardener ProgramDirector, Master Gardener Program
University of MinnesotaUniversity of Minnesota
Winter Winter Interest in the Interest in the LandscapeLandscape
Plant Elements of DesignSelecting plants for sustainable design
• Type• Size – mature plant• Texture• Form• Seasonal interest
• Cold hardiness• Light requirements• Moisture requirements• Soil requirements• Disease / insect
resistance
Elements specific to winter interest
• Plant type
• Cold tolerance – snow removal, salt, winter burn
• Size
• Texture
• Form / structure
• Seasonal interest specifics
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
Woody plants
Herbaceous plants
Snow removal
Salt damage
Photo credit: http://www.ppdl.purdue.edu/PPDL/images/saltdamage.jpg
Winter burn
Size
Plant texture
Coarse
Medium
Fine
Plant Form
• Structure• Branching habit
– Weeping– Upright– Prostrate– Spreading– Rounded– Mound– Contorted
Winter specimens
• Flower head, bud
• Leaves
• Bark
• Fruit, seed
