Characteristics

• Plant Size: Size is the most visually obvious characteristic of a plant. In regards to the design of an outdoor environment, size determines the scale of a space, and provides compositional interest.

• Plant Form: Form is the overall shape and habit of growth, or silhouetted outline of a plant. The basic types of plant forms are fastigiated, columnar, spreading, rounded, pyramidal, weeping, and picturesque.To the design of outdoor spaces, plant form influences unity and variety and acts as accents and backgrounds.

• Plant Color: Plant color is the most visual characteristic. It affects the feeling and mood of an outdoor space. Bright colors provide a light and happy atmosphere, while dark colors convey the opposite.

• Foliage Type: Deciduous, coniferous evergreen and broad-leaved evergreen are the three types of foliage. Deciduous, coniferous evergreen and broad-leaved evergreen are the three types of foliage. Deciduous vegetation loses its leaves in autumn and regains them in spring. Coniferous vegetation retain their foliage throughout the year. Similar in leaf appearance to deciduous plants, broad-leaved evergreens retain their foliage throughout the year.

• Plant Texture: Plant texture refers to surface of the individual plant or group of plants. Influenced by many components of the plant, including branch configuration, leaf size, and overall habit, the texture of the plant contributes to the design of an outdoor space by adding variety, perception of distance, color tone, mood, and visual interest.

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