Landscape Designing

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

Lesson 04:Landscape Plants

Herbaceous perennials

Cut Blooms

• These are delightful group of plants.
• They provide a wide range of graceful ornamentals, with a handsome growth habit and attractive flower colours.
• They are ideal for borders, along the fence or hedge and up to the driveway.

As Hedges

• They are among the easiest plants to be grown in garden beds or pots.
• Cut blooms are excellent and add great charm and delicacy to the indoor.
• These have a soft growth rather than a woody growth and possess a perennial or long-lived root stock.
• These are sum-loving plants
• An open, unshaded position is required for a large section of the best plants.
• Sheltered places near a wall, a fence or a hedge or shrubbery are good where hot and cold winds seep the garden.
• These plants require a moderately light, well-drained rich soil.
• They do not prefer acid soil