Winter Appearance: Still Beautiful After Withering

The winter state of a perennial herbaceous planting. All plants have withered, their colors ranging from golden to deep brown, but they have not been cut back: tall grasses still stand upright with fluffy seed heads, swaying in the wind; umbelliferous seed heads maintain their intact geometric structure after drying, topped with frost; woody stems support the framework and height of the entire planting. Thus, this planting still has a clear form, texture, and layers in winter, and glows backlit in low-angle sunlight. There are fallen leaves and last year's remnants on the ground. Nearby evergreen shrubs provide a small amount of dark green contrast. Avoid: cutting back withered plants to bare soil, using annual plants that completely disappear in winter, adding artificial winter decorations, depicting the planting as if it were in full summer bloom.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一片多年生草本植栽在冬季的狀態。所有的植物都已經枯萎,顏色從金黃到深褐,但沒有被剪除:高大的草類仍然直立並帶著蓬鬆的花穗,在風中搖動;繖形花序的種子頭乾燥後保持完整的幾何結構,頂端結著霜;木質化的莖桿撐起整片植栽的骨架與高度。因此這片植栽在冬天仍然有明確的形體、質地與層次,並且在低角度的陽光下逆光發亮。地面有落葉與去年的殘枝。旁邊的常綠灌木提供少量的深綠對比。避免:把枯萎的植物剪除成光禿的土面、使用冬季會完全消失的一年生植物、加入人工的冬季裝飾、把植栽畫成夏季盛開的樣子。