Landscape Designing

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

Lesson 13:Landscape Resources: Soil

Soil texture

• The texture of soil depends upon the size of the particles which make it up.
• All soils contain sand and clay in varying ratios but they are classified according to the dominant constituent.
• The particle size is crucial because it controls the amounts of air and water which reach the roots of plants.
• The different types of soils are


• There may be intermediate types of soil also which is also a mixtures of two or more types of soils. For example clayey – loam or sandy –loam

1. Clay soil
2. Sand soil
3. Loam soil