Selecting Plants for the Design

1. Selecting Plants for the Design

2. Plants: Building Blocks of the Landscape • The residential landscape is made of different elements. They are the plant materials and the physical structures. • Physical structures in the landscape are patios, walls, fences,

3. Plants: Building Blocks of the Landscape • Plant Types: • Trees • Shrubs • Groundcover • Vines • Annuals • Perennials • Ornamental Grasses

4. Plants: Building Blocks of the Landscape • Trees: • can be defined as a single/multi stem, woody, perennial plant reaching the height of 12 feet or more

6. Plants: Building Blocks of the Landscape • Shrubs: • are multi-stem, woody plants that do not exceed 20 feet in height. In general shrubs are usually as tall as they are wide. They may be deciduous or evergreen • Some examples of shrubs are: viburnums, honeysuckles, spireas, hollies, junipers and yews

8. Plants: Building Blocks of the Landscape • Ground cover: • May be woody or herbaceous. It forms a mat less than 1 foot high covering the ground. Grasses is the most common plant used as a ground cover. • Examples of other ground covers are: English ivy, periwinkle (vinca) euonymus , and Japanese spurge

10. Plants: Building Blocks of the Landscape • Vines: • are woody or herbaceous (soft stemmed) plants that require some type of support. They may climb on objects or creep along the ground. • Some examples of vines are: Boston ivy, wisteria, and clemtis

11. Wisteria (Vine)

12. Clemtis (vine)

13. Plants: Building Blocks of the Landscape • Annuals: • Are herbaceous plants that live for one growing season and are valued for the color of their flowers or ornamental foliage adds to the landscape. • Common annuals are : Impatiens, marigolds, petunias, coleus, and zinnias

14. Marigold (Annual)

15. Plants: Building Blocks of the Landscape • Perennials: • is a plant that has a life cycle of more than two growing seasons. They may be called woody as with trees and shrubs or herbaceous. • Some popular perennials are: daylilies, peonies, lilies, and iris.

16. Daylily (Perenniel)

17. Plants: Building Blocks of the Landscape • Ornamental Grasses: • Are valued for their texture and colors that add interest to the landscape. Ornamental grasses can be annuals or perennials. Some grow best in warm climates while others prefer cool climates

18. Bear Grass & Maiden Grass

19. Plants: Building Blocks of the Landscape • What is plant nomenclature? • it is the naming of the plants. All plants have two types of names: • Common Name • Botanical Name

20. Plants: Building Blocks of the Landscape • What is the genius? • it is closely related group of plants comprised of one or more species

21. Rosa

22. Plants: Building Blocks of the Landscape • What is a species? • it is composed of plants that show characteristics that distinguish them from other groups in the genius

23. Rosa persica

24. Rosa multiflora

25. Selecting Plants • Trees: • Are the largest and most permanent plant material used in landscaping • Trees that are smaller and have a higher ornamental value are often called ornamental trees. • Examples of ornamental trees are flowering dogwoods, flowering crabapples, redbud, and Japanese maple.

26. Flowering Dogwood

27. Japanese Maple

28. Selecting Plants • Trees: • Hardiness refers to the ability of a tree to withstand cold temperatures . Trees have differing abilities to survive in areas in the United States.

29. Selecting Plants • Trees: • choose resistant to disease and insect problems. If a tree has beautiful characteristics but is susceptible to insect infections and diseases, its value is reduced

30. Selecting Plants • Shrubs: • Shrubs can have multiple functions in the landscape . The can be used as specimen plants, group plantings, hedges, screens, foundation plants, or shrub borders. • Select shrubs on their intended use. Also consider their flowers, foliage, branching habits, and their suitability to the growing conditions

31. Ground Covers

32. Definition • Ground covers are low-growing plants that cover the ground in place of turf. • Serve 3 purposes: • Fill in bare spots in the landscape. • Help prevent erosion of soil on steep banks. • Fill in shady areas under trees where other plants have difficulty growing.

33. Principal Types • Broadleaf Evergreen • Retain their leaves year-round • Deciduous Evergreen • Lose their leaves during the fall and winter season • Coniferous • Have needlelike or scale-like leaves • Retain their color throughout the year

34. Uses • In the landscaping where the soil is not suitable for growing grass. This includes areas that may be: • Too steep • Too rocky • Too shaded • Shallow soiled • Simply for their beauty

35. Selection • Ground covers should be selected for the following reasons: • They are adapted to the soil in which they are to be planted. • They are adapted to the local hardiness zone. • They are relatively free of diseases and insect problems.

37. Hypericum calycinum (Aarons Beard)

38. Common Ground Covers • Bugleweed • Rock-cress • Wild ginger • Sweet woodruff • Chrysogomum • Lily-of-the-valley • Bunchberry • Crown vetch • Maiden pink • Sunrose • Barrenwort • Plantain lily • Aaronsbeard, St. Johnswort • Lamiastrum • Evergreen candytuft • Spreading English yew • Creeping mahonia

39. Common Ground Covers • Partridgeberry • Paxistima • Sarococca • Juniperus horizontalis • Bar harbor • Waukega • Blue rug • Lily turf • Moneywort • English Ivy • Dwarf lilyturf • Japanese spurge • Stonecrop • Periwinkle or myrtle • Bearberry • Heather • Cotoneaster • Heath • Wintercreeper • Wintergreen

40. Selecting Plants • What is a group planting? • consist of several different species of shrubs. They are considered a overlapping plant that will reach over plants to form a huge mass.

41. Selecting Plants • What is a Hedge? • consist of all one type of shrub. They define space , they tie other landscapes elements together and they may screen views • They can range from 20 feet to 1 foot high. • They can be clipped for a formal appearance or unclipped for an informal natural look.

42. Hedges

43. Selecting Plants • What is a Screen? • is a solid mass of one type of shrub. It serves as a living wall that effectively blocks views.

44. Screen

45. Selecting Plants • What is a foundation plant? • Are shrubs placed around the foundation of the house. They help tie the house to the landscape by softening the corners and they block the view of the foundation

47. Selecting Plants • What is a shrub border? • A mass of many shrubs on the border of the property . They help create the outdoor living area, screen views, and serve as a backdrop for annual and perennial flowers

48. Shrub Border

49. Shrub Border