Landscape Designing

LANDSCAPE DESIGNING FRMT 325 Cr. Hr. 3(1+2)

Lesson 04:Landscape Plants

Biennials

Foxglove

• A plant that takes more than one years and less than two year to germinate, grow, flower and produce seed after which it dies, is termed as a ‘biennial’.

Canterbury Bell

• In temperate climates, seeds of biennials are sown in early summer to produce flowering plants in the following year.
• Vegetative growth takes place during the relatively high temperatures of the first summer, and flower bud initiation takes place during the lower temperatures of autumn, winter or spring and flowering takes place at the higher temperatures of the following summer.
• Some very regular biennials are foxglove, forget-Me-Not and Canterbury Bell.
• The best and safest way to treat biennials is to plant the seed in June-July in seed pans.

Annuals in Pots

• Later, the seedlings are transplanted to small 10 cm pots and kept in a cold frame.
• Transplanting them directly to the garden should be avoided. Throughout the winter, uniform temperature is to be maintained.
• A light mulch of dry leaves, marsh hay, or straw should be used to keep them dry in such a way that the centers of the foliage are not smothered.
• Depending on the weather conditions, they are to be transplanted to beds or borders.