Unit II - Classification of Plant Material PDF
Unit II - Classification of Plant Material PDF
Classification of plants
Ground cover:
Any plant that vastly grows over an area of ground is called a ground cover.
Height 4” to 3’
Landscape value
• Unifies different components in the landscape.
• Hedging (Non-spreading types)
• Traffic barriers
• Visual guides toward an entry.
• Soften hardscapes such as walks, steps, and driveways.
• Help define space.
• A low groundcover can provide a transition between the lawn and taller
plants used in beds.
• Create various moods.
• Attractive foliage, colorful flowers, and at times attractive fruit can add
color and texture to an otherwise "green" landscape.
• Small leaved, smooth textured groundcovers used in broad curved plantings
can convey a feeling of spaciousness. Whereas large leaved coarse textured
groundcovers create a feeling of closeness
Climbers:
Plants with soft stem and grow vertically with a support.
• They rely on support like a tree, another plant, wall, trellis etc.
• Climbers have devised many crafty ways to hold or cling on the supports.
Uses:
• Noise barrier
• Shelter belts
• Enclosures, etc.
Landscape uses:
• Hedges / ornamental shrubs (Can be pruned to any desired shape, requires
regular maintenance)
• Special effects
• Barriers
Flowering shrubs: They provide long lived, low fuss, eye fetching framework
in any garden design. The rich array of form, foliage, fruit and flowers can
yield year round rewards.
Can be classified as
• Flowering
• Fruit bearing
• Shade trees
• Ornamental trees
Populus alba
Silver leaf poplar
Betula pendula
(Silver birch)
• Shade • Religious
• Noise barrier • Symbolic
• Shelter belts • Ornamental
• Wind breakers • Specimen trees
• Controls air pollution • Framing
• Comfort from glare • Backdrop
• Thermal comfort • Avenues planting
• Lumber • Basic planting
• Industries, etc. • Special effects
• Barriers
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