Landscape plants

If you're new to the landscaping and want to know how to start up a garden, you can always refer the readily available landscaping guides or magazines selling in the bookstores. Written by landscaping specialist with vast experience and knowledgeable ideas of various species of plants to various environmental conditions, landscaping  guides offer plenty  of information on not only plants, but also related factors to enhance your landscaping.There are variable factors to considering when selecting the right  plants. Choosing the correct plants has a huge impact on your garden. Taking the time to research which plants will really thrive in your particular garden will save a lot of time and trouble.

Bird nest

The bird's nest fern is a house plant that likes humidity. Despite its name, the bird's nest fern does not look like a typical fern.  The bird's nest fern thrives on high humidity. The higher the humidity, the longer the leafs but they rarely reach more than 18 inches in height indoors.

Terminalia mantaly also known as Bucida

Bucida is an evergreen tree reaching 10-20 m in height if grow on ground with an up straight stem and multi layered branches. Leaves smooth, bright green when young.

Caesalpinia

Leopard tree trunk

The colour of the flower is red and yellowe

Caesalpinia is also known as the Leopard tree grows up to 15 meter, forming a broad, flat-topped crown. The trunk is typically short, branching often close to the base and the tree bark looks like leopard skin.

Ficus lyrata

The Ficus lyrata is a suitable for indoors and outdoors plant. The plant features have a very large round green leaf like water cabbage ,the leafs that grow upright.  This is a tough plants  that can take on full sun light for faitly long time. Finally, F. lyrata are really meant as larger specimen plants and will grow up to 2 meter or more. Because of their large leafs, these are not advisable to trim down to a manageable size.

Ficus microcarpa

This tree is ideal for indoor growing, tolerating a wide range of indoor conditions and surviving hot weather condition. It has good tree character with reasonable sized leaves, strong rootage. This tree can grow up to 15 meter to 20 meter. Width generally greater than height especially for mature trees.

Juniperus chinensis

Juniperus chinensis also known as Chinese Juniper (圆柏) is a juniper that grows as a shrub or tree with variable shape, reaching 1-20 meter tall. This native of northeast Asia grows in China, Mongolia, Japan and Korea. It is a non flowering plant with only green leafs and can take on full sun light.

Loropetalum chinese var. rubrum

Loropetalum chinenese, commonly called Chinese fringe flower, is a pink color flowered round reddish leaved. Flower through out the year with moderate sun light and this plant may be grafted to look like a bonsai.

Censation

This plant can only be described as large foliage is dark green and tough, with an attractively ribbed texture on the leafs surface.Interval blooming cycles will have large, well shaped white flowers.This flower is the most stunning and widely admired plant. Spathiphylum sensation is available in a variety of sizes.

Crinium

Crinum(Crinum spp.) are large, heat and moisture loving plants. It is known as 发财算 (fa cai suan) in Mandarin. Crinium has regained  popularity in the landscape, the plant  is usually started from large bulbs, although growing plants can be found in nurseries as well. The crinum plant reaches at least  1 meter at maturity. Trimming of the plant is recommended, removing bottom leafs  for a better appearance. As moisture enable  this plant become established, to have  water retention pellets in the soil are helpful when planting crinum. Create a mound of soil around  the outer edges of the crinum will be helpful  in directing water to the roots. Water should not stay around the bulb, thus the soil must  drain well too.

Dracaena

Dracaena frangans

Dracaena fragrans is propagated by cutting segments of old stems  and then inserted into moist soil for few days until the root starts to grow. You will notice the new shoot  comes from old leaf scars at the top of the stem.

It is easy to grow as an indoor plant and  tolerates a wide range of indoor temperatures. Place in bright indirect light which is protected from direct sun. Tolerates some low light. Recommeded to use peat soil,  or well-drained potting soil. There is no serious insect or disease problems. Watch out  for spider mites and scale. Leaves may turn  brown if soils are too moist or too dry.

Money plant

 Epipremnum aureum is easily propagated from cuttings. This plant also known as money plant in Chinese     ( 黄金葛). The plant needs a rich, well-drained soil consists of peat moss, sand and perlite. Growing this plant is trouble free and durable with little maintenance. The plants are well watered and allowed to dry slightly before watering again and apply fertilizer twice a month with a balanced fertilizer. This plants is best  grown in bright indirect light or in part sun locations with protection from afternoon sun. There is  no serious insect or disease problems but  roots may rot in poorly drained soils. Scale and mites may appear so have to watch for fungal leaf spot too.

Yucca

Yuccas are not only grown in pot but could be used as landscape plant in gardens. The yuccas plant’s sword-like leaves add a distinctive look to any landscape. When planting yuccas in a garden, it is advisable to keep them away from sidewalks as the leaves are extremely sharp and can cut someone if they walk pass and may brush up against the sharp leaves. The yucca plant is tough and can easily adapt when it comes to soil types, as long as it drains well. Planting Yucca must  be sure to leave plenty of room for  it to grow, as a mature plant, it can reach up to 3 feet across. They also have extensive root system and another new shoot can appear a short distance away. Even if the plant is removed, it can be difficult to get rid of the entire root system as it will regrow from root left in the ground.