Landscape Design: Arranging Plants in the Landscape
Vol. 2011 No. 10, Historical Fact Sheets
Vol. 2011 No. 10

Landscape Design: Arranging Plants in the Landscape: ENH1188/EP449, 10/2011

Historical Fact Sheets
https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ep449-2011
Published 2011-10-31
Gail Hansen
University of Florida
Plant layers in staggered heights, with low plants in front and taller plants in back.
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Hansen, Gail. 2011. “Landscape Design: Arranging Plants in the Landscape: ENH1188/EP449, 10/2011”. EDIS 2011 (10). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ep449-2011.
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Abstract

In nature, plants grow in clusters and drifts, extending to overlap and interlock in layers as they merge with each other. In a planned landscape, use similar patterns to arrange plants, using layers and repetition. Learn more in this 4-page fact sheet written by Gail Hansen, and published by the UF Department of Environmental Horticulture, October 2011.

ENH1188/EP449: Landscape Design: Arranging Plants in the Landscape (ufl.edu)

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