Winter Gardening
A Guide to Selected Resources

Science Reference Section
Science, Technology, and Business Division
Library of Congress

• Selected Titles
• Selected Journal Articles
• Selected Internet Resources
• Selected Online Sources for Seed and Plant Catalog Information

SELECTED TITLES

Bales, Suzanne F. The garden in winter: plant for beauty and interest in the quiet season. New York, Rodale, c2007. 204 p.
   Bibliography: p. 194.
   SB439.5.B35 2007 <SciRR>

Bloom, Adrian, and Richard Bloom. Gardening with conifers. Willowdale, ON, Buffalo, NY, Firefly Books, 2002. 192 p.
   Bibliography: p. 186.
   SB428.B56 2002 <SciRR>

Bloom, Adrian. Year-round garden: colour in your garden from January to December. Portland, OR, Timber Press, 1998. 287 p.
    Bibliography: p. 282.
    Previously published by HarperCollins, London in two separate volumes, I (1993) and Summer garden glory (1996).
   SB454.3.C64B58 1998

Buchanan, Rita. The winter garden: plants that offer color and beauty in every season of the year. Boston, Houghton Mifflin company, 1997. 121 p. (Taylor’s weekend gardening guides)
   Bibliography: p. 115.
   SB439.5.B83 1997

Buffin, Michael W. Winter-flowering shrubs. Portland, OR., Timber Press, 2005. 232 p.
   Bibliography: p. 224-225.
   SB435.B83 <SciRR>

Coleman, Eliot. Four-season harvest: organic vegetables from your home garden all year around. White River Junction, VT, Chelsea Green Pub., c 1999. 234 p.
   Bibliography: p. 224-227.
   Rev. ed. of: The new organic grower's four-season harvest. c1992.
   SB324.3.C64 1999

Coleman, Eliot. Winter harvest handbook : year-round organic vegetable production for the twenty-first century. White River Junction, VT, Chelsea Green Pub. Co., 2009. 247 p.    Not Yet in LC Eddison, Sydney. The unsung season: gardens and gardeners in winter. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 204 p.    Bibliography: p. 182-186.    SB439.5.E33 1995 Galle, Fred C. Hollies: the genus ilex. Portland, OR, Timber Press, c1997. 573 p.    Bibliography: p. 526-535.    Published in association with The Holly Society of America.    SB413.H7G34 1997 <SciRR>

Juniperus virginiana. Photo: Keith Kanoti, Maine Forest Service, USA

Loewer, H. Peter, and Larry Mellichamp. The winter garden: planning and planting for the Southeast. Mechanicsburg, PA, Stackpole Books, c1997. 194 p.
   Bibliography: p. 187.
   SB439.5.L64 1997

Pearson, Robert. The winter garden. 2nd ed. London, Cassell, Royal Horticultural Society, 1992. 64 p.
    SB439.5.P43 1992

Rice, Graham, and Elizabeth Strangman. The gardener’s guide to growing hellebores. Portland, OR, Timber Press, 1993. 160 p.
   Bibliography: p. 155.
   SB413.H443R53 1993

Simeone, Vincent A. Wonders of the winter landscape: shrubs and trees to brighten the cold-weather garden. Batavia, IL, Bal Pub., c2005. 140 p.
   Bibliogtraphy: p. 131-133.
   SB435.S4839 2005

Thomas, Graham Stuart. Colour in the winter garden. Portland, OR, Sagapress/Timber Press, 1994. 210 p.    SB439.5.T56 1994
   Bibliography: p. 202.

Verey, Rosemary. The garden in winter. Portland, OR, Timber Press, 1995. 168 p.
   Bibliography: p. 164.
   SB439.5.V47 1995

Wilson, Helen Van Pelt. Color for your winter yard & garden, with flowers, berries, birds, and trees. New York, Scribner, c1978. 175 p.
   SB439.5.W54

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SELECTED JOURNAL ARTICLES Brown, Lauren. Deadheading reconsidered: seedheads in the winter garden. American gardener, v. 80, Nov./Dec. 2001: 40-43.    SB1.N3 Burrell, C. Colston. Designing a winter garden. American gardener, v. 80, Nov./Dec. 2001: 34-39.    SB1.N3 Cubee, Doreen. ‘Tis the season for birds and berries. National wildlife, v. 42, Dec. 2003: 14-15.    S964.U6N35

Helleborus purpurascens. Photo: Jmenuji se Zdenek Prazák.

Hardiman, Lucy. Plant this: 'Midwinter Fire'. Horticulture, v. 106. Feb. 2009: 17-18.
   SB1.H86

Jeruss, Irene. Winter delight. Horticulture, v. 100, Feb. 2003: 21.
   SB1.H86

Martin, Tovah. A garden for winter. Yankee, v. 68, Jan./Feb. 2004: 56-62.
   AP2.Y25

Pelczar, Rita. Striking stems provide winter interest. American gardener, v. 87, Nov./Dec. 2008: 25-27.
   SB1.N3

Sinton, Nan. If I could have only 4 plants for the winter garden. Horticulture, v. 106, Dec. 2008: 20.
   SB1.H86

Toops, Connie. Winter havens. Birder’s world, v. 17, Dec. 2003: 88-92.
   QL671.B415

Wann, David. A Four-season coldframe. Organic gardening, v. 49, Nov./Dec. 2002: 34-35.
   S605.5.O7

Winter’s hips, fruits and berries. Plants & gardens, v. 47, winter 1991: 92-93.
   SB1.P56

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SELECTED INTERNET RESOURCES Berries, Branches and Blooms for Winter, The GreenMan, Department of Environmental Protection, Montgomery Co., MD http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/content/dep/greenman/ berries.pdf (PDF 190KB) The Garden in Winter, University of Illinois Extension http://urbanext.illinois.edu/gardenerscorner/issue_05/05_winter_02.html Gardening for Winter, Iowa State University http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/hortnews/1996/4-5-1996/hiver.html

Euphorbia pulcherrima. USDA Agricultural Research Service, Image Number K7244-2

Waiting for Spring: Winter Interest at the National Arboretum:
   http://www.usna.usda.gov/Gardens/faqs/WinterInterests.html

   Amaryllis Photo Gallery, U.S. National Arboretum:
   http://www.usna.usda.gov/PhotoGallery/HippeastrumGallery/index.html

The Winter Garden at the Cambridge University Botanic Garden
http://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/WinterGarden.htm

The Winter Garden, at JC Raulston Arboretum, NC State University
http://www.ncsu.edu/jcraulstonarboretum/horticulture/gardens/winter_garden/winter_garden.html

The Winter Garden Calendar, by J. Rose Lerner, Dept. of Horticulture, Purdue University
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/HO-90.pdf (PDF 264KB)

Winter Gardening Activities for Kids, Dr. Leonard Perry, University of Vermont Extension
http://pss.uvm.edu/ppp/articles/wintrfun.htm

Winter Gardening Design Tips, Brooklyn Botanic Garden
http://www.bbg.org/gar2/topics/design/1998wi_winter.html

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