Growing and landscaping of parks with Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) 36

Japanese maple or as it is also known in the field of landscaping and landscape design with its Latin name Acer palmatum, is one of the most attractive plants for yard decoration (in the photo taken by asplosh, the overall look of the plant).

It is a tree that grows extremely slowly and that makes it so valuable and expensive. It is suitable for landscaping of yards, houses and villas, applied in a rocky corner or rock garden in combination with fragrant flowers for rock garden, it is also suitable for growing in pots.

It has fresh green leaves with 5 to 7 sections, which depending on the variety are deeper or shallower cut and in autumn turn reddish-gold and create an exceptional view that has inspired many artists and writers.

Japanese maple (Acer palmatum бетонови бордюри) This plant is generally small in stature and is quite suitable for growing in pots, which makes it much preferred by professionals and lovers of „small trees“ called bonsai.

Apart from Acer palmatum, suitable for vascular culture are its graceful varieties „Dissectum“, which has quite elongated leaves and reaches about 1.5 – 2 m in height in a large vessel and a width of up to 2 m, for example, the species „Ornatum“ (blue Dissectum Atropurpureum) is with burgundy, very fine and densely cut leaves, which is quite attractive and is valued for its high aesthetic value.

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Features and use in landscaping of Chamaecyparis sp. 34

False cypress is a very attractive plant that has been very popular for many years in Bulgaria, and not only that, it is the most popular plant in the British garden.

It is known in the field of landscape design and landscaping with its Latin name пластмасови бордюри градински Chamaecyparis sp. (sp. means species, which in Latin means species, when it is written Chamaecyparis sp. means that the genus of the plant is Chamaecyparis, and the species is not defined).

Characteristic of it is that it is quite fast growing, which makes it suitable for private yards and residences, where a quick decorative effect is needed. Due to its quality (rapid growth), it is not recommended to use for rock gardens and rocky flower corners if you do not prune it intensively.

There are also slower-growing forms of false cypress, which create quite successful and interesting combinations with all the flowers for rock garden. You can also recently find false cypress in a professional garden online store.

False Cypress (Chamaecyparis sp.) For example, you should not rush to plant Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ‘Allumi’, ‘Columnaris’ or ‘Fletcherii’ just because they look pretty good in your rock garden, because in a year, your composition will be disrupted, and this plant already will not look large in your corner.

For the purpose of the rock garden, there are developed varieties of dwarfs, which are quite suitable.

You can find them in specialty flower shops or in decorative nurseries.

The leaves of the false cypress are scaly (resembling fish scales), and its twigs form flat fans. The cones it forms are round and quite small – about 1 cm (in the photos made by nautical2k and achelkr).

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Seeds of white cotton – Gossypium herbaceum

Especially for connoisseurs of dry arrangement, we are pleased to present you the seeds of cotton (Gossypium herbaceum). This variety of cotton is one of the most common. It belongs to the Malvaceae family, the genus (Gossypium).

Cotton is widespread in America, Africa, and India. From the seeds of cotton will sprout a perennial fiber plant, which is low-growing and most often reaches a height of 50 cm. The plant forms soft and white balls, due to the growth of its seed bud.

The fibrous white threads of cotton are made of about 91% cellulose (cotton contains wax, fat, mineral salts, etc.) and have great strength. It is best to sow cotton seeds in places with full exposure to the sun.

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