Sustainable Landscaping with Under-exploited Native Ornamentals
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U Sreelatha
College of Agriculture, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, 680656, India
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Shilpa P
College of Agriculture, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, 680656, India
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Aswathi S Vasu
College of Agriculture, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, 680656, India
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Sheron Fernandez
College of Agriculture, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, 680656, India
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Simmy A M
College of Agriculture, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, 680656, India
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Shajma Nafeesa Basheer
College of Agriculture, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, 680656, India
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Mini Sankar
College of Agriculture, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, 680656, India
Abstract
The native plants for landscaping should be built thorough the basic data regarding their habitat, habit and morphological characteristics that contribute to the beauty of the plant, flowering season, attraction to pollinators, plant propagation aspects, tolerance to adverse climatic conditions like drought, flood, etc. As such the suitability of the native plants may vary based on its growing agroclimatic conditions like warm humid tropics, subtropics, cold dry temperate and also dessert-like situations. Hence, situation wise choice of plants assumes very importance for the sustainability of the landscape.
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