PLANT MATERIALS.pptx

plant materials and its scientific names

1. PLANT MATERIALS

2. CLASSIFICATION: TREES SHRUBS CLIMBERS Annuals Biennials Bulbous plants Indoor / live plants Cacti and succulents Palms and cycads Lawn grasses Water plants Ferns Mosses Lichens

3. a woody perennial plant, typically having a single stem or trunk growing to a considerable height and bearing lateral branches at some distance from the ground . Three main groups of trees – Broad leafed Narrow leaved or conifers Palms and cycads Trees

4. Selection of Trees in Landscaping Habitat Habit Height Spread Trunk height Texture- Fine, medium and coarse Trees Range of Tree sizes • Dwarf trees (3 to 5m tall) • Medium size (6 to 10m tall) • Tall tress (more than110 m tall). • Giant trees : Ficus bengalensis , Bombax Growth rate- slow, medium and fast Leaf retention period- Deciduous, Semi-deciduous and evergreen Flowering season and peak flowering duration Flower- Colour , shape, size, fragrance Fruits- Colour , shape, size, season and duration

5. Trees for different uses. Roadside plantation The primary object of such planting was to make provision for shade to the passers-by. Control road erosion, beutification , making economic use of timber, flower, fruit. For good roadside planting , they should have spreading, dense, shapely crowns and preferably showy scented flowers. Fruit trees should be avoided as far as possible. To maintain uniformity a single species should be planted over a long stretch of road. This not only improves the avenue but also renders management more economical, planting and replanting easier and exploitation of their commercial possibility viable. Trees with brittle or thorny branches should not be selected. Deciduous trees has an added advantage.

6. Trees for different uses. Planting of trees in parks, large gardens and other public places. all types of trees – big and small, flowering or folige , conical or spreading can be used for planting in parks and big gardens. here the importance is given to aesthetics, can be created by mixing different shape, size and color or planting them individually or in groups. Normally large plants are planted along the boarder and smaller ones towards the centre.

7. Different landscape uses of trees. Specimen trees Shade tree Flowering tree Avenue tree Screening Wind break To reduce air pollution

8. Structural Quality Of Trees

9. SHRUB A shrub is a woody or semi-woody perennial plant with little or no trunk and grows up to a height from 50 cm to less than four meters The types of shrubs available for landscaping : Deciduous bushes Broadleaf evergreens Needled evergreens It can be used to demarcate boundary, give buffer between spaces and give a sense of place. It gives free vision and movement

10. Purposes of planting Shrubs To enhance the beauty of surroundings To provide fragrance in the garden To act as boundary of property line To divide different areas or features in the garden Softening harsh building lines To screen off unwanted sites/ features

11. Purposes of planting Shrubs To reduce winds –shrubs and trees can be combined to form an obstruction that will deflect wind above the building To provide background for growing annual flowers To reduce soil erosion To conserve moisture To discourage weed growth To provide natural habitat for wildlife especially birds

12. Landscape uses of shrubs Specimen plant Standard Avenue planting Hedge Edge Under-planting Rockeries Cut flowers Cut foliage Moonlit gardening-Moonlight gardening relates to plants that show off their textures, colors and sometimes their silhouettes from dusk into the moonlight hours

13. Shrubbery border- Area of the garden devoted exclusively for growing shrubs planted in a row or rectangular fashion is known as a shrubbery border. Grass: • Grass, any of many low, green, non woody plants belonging to the grass family ( Poaceae ). • They make good ground cover • They provide variety of texture, color and serve as a transition between two different vegetated areas such as from a shrub to a flower bed. • Ornamental grasses add experience to the landscape. • Helps the surrounding by preventing soil erosion.

14. Flowers: • A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants. • They add color and texture to the landscape defining the mood or the context in which it is set in. • Alters and plays with the aesthetic feel of the area. • The add value to the place with their interaction with surrounding flora and fauna.

15. CLIMBERS Climbers are the group of plants which have weak stems and ability to climb up the support with the help of modified organs via: ,Tendrils, Thorns,Roots , etc. • These climb over walls, arches, pergolas, trellis, pillars, cascade, gates etc…

16. TYPES OF CLIMBERS According to growth habit, appearance, suitability and uses, climbers are classified as follows: ANNUAL CLIMBERS: Many climbers which grow and flower for several years are perennials and they are valued because once established and trained on support they continue to flower with little care. Grow ,flower and complete the life cycle within a year. Thunbergia alata – black eyed susan

17. FOLIAGE CLIMBERS: Climbers with beautiful leaves. Both indoor and outdoor Monstera deliciosa Syngonium podophyllum

18. CLIMBERS PARTIAL SHADE: Trachelospermum jasminoides Quisqualis indica

19. HEAVY CLIMBERS - Antigonan leptopus Bougainvillea

20. LIGHT CLIMBERS – thin shoots, neat growth, cover less space Jacquemontia violacea Clitoria ternatea

21. CLIMBERS FOR SREENING – grow quickly, show thick and neat growth. Clerodendrum splendens Thunbergia laurifolia

22. Local and scientific names ALBIZZIA JULIBRISSIN – SILK TREE / MIMOSA TREE

23. Local and scientific names ARTOCARPUS- BREAD FRUIT TREE

24. Local and scientific names ARTOCARPUS HETEROPHYLLUS- JACKFRUIT TREE

25. Local and scientific names BAUHINIA – ORCHID TREE

26. Local and scientific names CASSIA FISTULA – INDIAN LABURNUM, GOLDEN SHOWER

27. Local and scientific names FICUS – FICUS BENGALENSIS – BANYAN TREE

28. Local and scientific names FICUS – FICUS BENJAMINA– FIG

29. Local and scientific names FICUS – FICUS RELIGIOSA – PIPAL TREE

30. Local and scientific names LEGERSTOMIA. SPECIOSA – PRIDE OF INDIA, QUEEN OF FLOWERS

31. Local and scientific names MAGNIFERA. INDICA- MANGO TREE

32. Local and scientific names NYCTANTHES. ARBOR-TRISTIS – CORAL TREE, TREE OF SADNESS

33. Local and scientific names PLUMERIA – FRAGIPANI, PAGODA TREE PLUMERIA ALBA PLUMERIA RUBRA

34. Local and scientific names PLUMERIA – FRAGIPANI, PAGODA TREE PLUMERIA OBTUSA

35. Local and scientific names SARACA ASOCA – ASOKA TREE