Landscaping Terms to Be Familiar With
>> Jul 7, 2016
Once you discover that you have the passion
for gardening, you might as well want to unlock the inner landscaper in you.
The first step to achieving that is learning the basic tongue of landscaping.
Read on for some terms and definitions essential to complete your Landscaping
101 experience.
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What’s on the
landscape?
There are a myriad of plants you can choose from to
include in your landscape plan. Know their season growth cycles: annual,
biennial, and perennial. Annuals are
plants that mature and die in one year. Biennials
are plants that require two years to complete its life cycle. During the
first season, a small rosette of leaves grows on the soil surface. Flowers and
seeds appear in the second season. Perennials
are somewhere in between annuals and biennials. They grow during summer and
spring, die during winter, and sprout back right after.
Being knowledgeable about what plants you will grow
is important to avoid unwanted landscaping dilemmas. Plants used to draw
attention to the whole lawn are different from those used as groundcover. A groundcover conceals the bare earth
commonly with grass, for aesthetical purposes. It also gives the lawn a uniform
look and even prevents soil erosion.
Another element on your lawn that can prevent soil
erosion is the mulch. This material
can be in the form of straw, leaves, or small piece of wood. Mulch is spread
over the ground around the plants also to prevent the growth of weeds. Weeds,
on the other hand, are plants you can consider as pests. They are every landscaper’s
enemies because they tend to intrude the location where more desirable plants
stand. While it is satisfying for starters to kill weeds, the chore will soon
wear you out.
Additional features
for the extra wow
All the living things mentioned are the softscape elements in a landscape. For
the extra wow, hardscapes enter the
picture. These are basically hard stuff: anything made of brick, concrete,
stone, wood, or metal. Hardscapes are incorporated in a landscape in order to
bring out the natural beauty of the softscapes or plant materials. Examples
include driveway, walkway, fence, retaining wall, patio, pavers, accent
boulders, stones, natural rocks, and statues.
There are also water
features you can add. Fountains, ponds, waterfalls, cascades, streams, or
pools can surely beautify your landscape. It is best to visualize a theme for your plan to keep it cohesive,
especially those with water features. A theme is what design and look you are
trying to achieve with the space you have. The color, form, pattern, light,
balance, contrast, rhythm, variety, and unity are taken into consideration.
It is likewise important to take note of balance, both symmetry and
asymmetry. Symmetry is equally dividing the distribution of softscapes and
hardscapes. Asymmetry is actually
unbalanced—more of abstract—but still pulls the landscape all together.
Now that you are properly equipped with basic
knowledge about landscaping terms, we bet you are ready to design your
landscape plan. Prepare your sketch pads. Ready your shovels, too!
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