Garden Design Terms

A plant that blooms produces seed and dies in one year.

Garden design terms. Edging is usually used for a horizontal line. Softscape softscape refers to the natural components in your landscaping such as plants and the soil. It encompasses many sub fields including landscape design botany soil science plant care arboriculture etc carpentry building decks pergolas etc masonry and pest control.

Often referred to as sweet soil by gardeners. Hardscape hardscape refers to walls patios walkways and other non living structures in your landscaping design made from wood brick stone or concrete. An effective garden design usually has an interesting line both horizontal and vertical.

Get planting advice garden design tips and trends monthly checklists for your area product specials and more in our weekly newsletter. Dry garden a garden feature where water is represented by an aggregate stone product usually a gravel or granite. You can have straight or curved edges.

These are most commonly found in modern and japanese garden design. Describes organisms living or occurring where there is no oxygen. A soil with a ph between 7 0 and 14 on a scale of 0 0 14 0.

Dry laid a stone or flagstone patio path or walkway built without a concrete base. Homeowners researching any of these fields for help with a landscaping project will undoubtedly encounter some unfamiliar terms even if they re familiar with gardening and plant life.