Transcript POWER_AND_TECH_files/Unit 12 - Deciduous and Evergreen

Identifying Deciduous and
Evergreen Plants
• All trees or plants have distinguishing
characteristics used to identify them
– Deciduous trees lose their foliage at the end
of the growing season
– Evergreens keep their green
foliage year round
• Broad-leafs
• Narrow-leafs
Leaves
• Manufacture and stores food
• Controls transpiration
• Blade: the expanded, flattened portion of a leaf
– Simple leaves have one, undivided blade
– Compound leaves have a divided blade
Leaves
• Petiole: the stalk at the base of the leaf
• Stipules: secondary growth at the base of
the petiole
• Leaflet: single division of a compound leaf
• Rachis: central stem of a compound leaf
Plant Forms
Deciduous Forms
Evergreen Forms
• Low and creeping: low growing and
wider than it is tall
– Edges walks
– Cascades over walls
Tree and Shrub
Landscape Uses
• Trees are used in landscaping to:
– Keep homes cooler
– Provide shade outside
– Frame houses or view
– Soften sharp lines
of a home
Closely Spaced Trees
• Serve as a wind break
• Provide privacy
• Screen objects that stand out too
much in a landscape
Selecting Plants for Landscape
• Personal preference
• Fill a role within the
design
• Survive within the
growing conditions
– Hardiness
• AFFORDABLE to client
Hardiness
• The ability of a plant to survive in cold
temperatures
Plant Selection
• Consider both flower
and foliage color
• Size of leaves and
flowers
– Different sizes
provides texture
• Proper growing
medium
• Insects and diseases