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TOPIC: ORNAMENTAL GARDENING

SUBMITTED BY :
SABIRA.S
NATURAL SCIENCE

CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION
2. ORNAMENTAL PLANTS
i. GARDEN PLANTS
ii. TREES
iii. CULTIVATION
3. REFERENCE

INTRODUCTION

Ornamental gardens use plants that are designed more for their
aesthetic pleasure and appearance than for the production of crops or
cooking. An ornamental garden design includes flowering plants and
bulbs in addition to foliage plants, ornamental grasses, shrubs and trees.
Growing ornamental plants in the landscape is easy. Here you will find
everything you need to know about growing ornamental gardens,
including various types of ornamental plantings, design elements,
growing needs, basic care, pruning and more.
The gardens of Greece and Rome assured an emotional security
though their Formal style. The Persian, Moorish gardens of Spain and
Mogul gardens were also of the same kind and were strictly formal,
symmetrical and geometrical resembling a carpet. The Italian
renaissance garden was having intricate geometric designs, sheared
trees, trimmed hedges and edges to create formality. The impact of
formalism influenced the French and British gardens also in the form of
parterre, the much divided flower beds. The Moorish garden of Spain
also had the impact of Moguls architecture and they were formal and
geometrical though Moorish gardens were exclusively meant to
beautify patios of large mansions.

ORNAMENTAL PLANTS

The term ornamental plant is used here in the same sense that it is
generally used in the horticultural trades. The term largely corresponds
to 'garden plant', though the latter is much less precise, as any plant
may be grown in a garden. Ornamental plants are plants which are
grown for display purposes, rather than functional ones. While some
plants are both ornamental and functional, people usually use the term
ornamental plants to refer to plants which have no value beyond
being attractive, although many people feel that this is value enough.
Ornamental plants are the keystone of ornamental gardening, and they
come in a range of shapes, sizes and colors suitable to a broad array of
climates, landscapes, and gardening needs.
Some ornamental plants are grown for showy foliage. Their
foliage may be deciduous, turning bright orange, red, and yellow before
dropping off in the fall, or evergreen, in which case it stays green year
round. Some ornamental foliage has a striking appearance created by
lacy leaves or long needles, while other ornamental are grown for
distinctively colored leaves, such as silvery-gray ground covers and
bright red grasses, among many others.

Other ornamental plants are cultivated for their blooms.

Flowering ornaments are a key aspect of many gardens, with many
flower gardeners preferring to plant a variety of flowers so that the
garden is continuously in flower through the spring and summer.
Depending on the types of plants being grown, the flowers may be
subtle and delicate, or large and showy, with some ornamental plants
producing distinctive aromas which paint a palette of scents in addition
to colors.

Ornamental plants are plants that are grown for decorative purposes in
gardens and landscape design projects as house plants for cut flowers
and specimen display. The cultivation of these called Floriculture,
forms a major branch of Horticulture.
GARDEN PLANTS

Most commonly ornamental garden plants are grown for the display of
aesthetic features including: flowers, leaves, scent, overall foliage
texture, fruit, stem and bark, and aesthetic form. In some cases, unusual
features may be considered to be of interest, such as the prominent and
rather vicious thorns of Rosa sericea and cacti. In all cases, their
purpose is for the enjoyment of gardeners, visitors, and/or the public
institutions.

TREES
Similarly certain trees may be called ornamental trees. This term
is used when they are used as part of a garden or landscape setting, for
instance for their flowers, their texture, form and shape, and other
aesthetic characteristics. In some countries trees in 'utilitarian'
landscape use such as screening, and roadside plantings are
called amenity trees.

CULTIVATION
For plants to be considered to be ornamental, they may require
specific work and activity by a gardener. For instance, many plants
cultivated for topiary and bonsai would only be considered to be

ornamental by virtue of the regular pruning carried out on them by the

gardener, and they may rapidly cease to be ornamental if the work was
abandoned.
Ornamental plants and trees are distinguished from utilitarian and
crop plants, such as those used foragriculture and vegetable crops, and
for forestry or as fruit trees. This does not preclude any particular type
of plant being grown both for ornamental qualities in the garden, and
for utilitarian purposes in other settings. Thus lavender is typically
grown as an ornamental plant in gardens, but may also be grown as a
crop plant for the production of lavender oil.

REFERENCE

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornamental_plant
2. www.nurseryplants.in/ornamental-plants.htm

3. www.ganganursery.com/ornamental-plants.htm