Landscape Plants

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Landscape Plants

• From foukeffa.org
• Written by Patti Hayes
• Ag Student Texas AM

GA Ag Ed Curriculum Office To accompany the
Georgia Agriculture Education Curriculum Lesson
01463-2.1 July 2001
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Objectives

• List describe the 6 shapes of trees.
• List describe the 7 shapes of shrubs.
• Describe the factors that are important in
  selecting trees or shrubs.

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Types of Plants

• Native plants that are natural to the area
• Exotic Introduced to the area
• Naturalized were exotic but have adapted well
  to the area and now occur naturally

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Trees

• Act as the ceiling for the outdoor living room
  (yard).
• Provide Shade

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Selecting A Tree

• Pay attention to
• Height of tree
• How low the branches are to the ground
• Density of foliage

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• Pay attention to
• Whether the tree is deciduous or evergreen
• Seasonal color, foliage texture, flower and/or
  fruit bearing
• Hardiness

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• Pay attention to
• Ease of transplanting
• Resistance to Insects or disease

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Types of Trees

• Wide-oval
• Vase-Shaped
• Pyramidal
• Round
• Columnar
• Weeping

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Wide-oval

• Much wider than tall
• Often a small tree
• Branches low to the ground
• Works well to frame screen
• A focal point plant

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Wide-oval
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Vase-shaped

• High, wide-spreading branches
• Usually gives excellent shade
• Allows human activity underneath
• Make excellent street trees

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Vase-shaped
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Pyramidal

• Shape is less noticeable as the trees mature
• Accent plant
• Large, high branching trees allow human activity
  beneath

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Pyramidal
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Round

• Width Height are nearly equal
• Usually Dense
• Lawn trees
• Can be to create grove effects
• If large, can be used to create heavy shade

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Round
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Columnar

• Much taller than wide
• Accent Plant
• Frames views structures
• Useful in formal settings

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Columnar
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Weeping

• Very Graceful
• Attracts the eye (focal point)
• Screens
• Not useful if you want to use the lawn underneath
  the tree

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Weeping
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Weeping
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Shrubs

• Multistemmed
• Used as the wall element

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Selecting a Shrub

• Pay attention to
• The silhouette of the shrub
• Its branching structure
• Size
• Texture Density
• Color Contributions

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• Pay attention to
• Attraction to birds other wildlife
• Existing soil conditions
• Hardiness
• Resistance to attacks by insects disease

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Types of Shrubs

• Globular
• Low Creeping
• Spreading
• Arching
• Pyramidal
• Upright Loose
• Columnar

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Globular

• As wide as is tall
• Attracts attention
• Accent plant
• Use with a single pyramidal to create a strong
  eye attraction
• Does not mass very well.

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Globular
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Low Creeping

• Low growing
• Much wider than tall
• Masses well
• Use to edge sidewalks or cascade over walls
• Controls erosion

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Low Creeping
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Spreading

• Wider than tall
• Medium to large shrub
• Masses well
• Use at corners of buildings
• Useful for screening, privacy traffic control

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Spreading
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Arching

• Wider than tall
• Graceful
• Softens corners
• Background for flowers statues
• Provides screening

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Arching
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Pyramidal

• Taller than wide
• Attracts attention
• Usually evergreen
• Use to mark entries

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Pyramidal
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Upright Loose

• Taller than wide
• Used for screening framing
• Used to soften buildings
• Can closely space to create privacy

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Upright Loose
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Columnar

• Width about half of height
• Flat topped dense
• Use for hedges if closely placed
• Mass closely to create a solid wall

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Columnar