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F lowering and Ornamental Trees: tress can be flowering trees, fruit trees, shade trees, ornamentals etc. Some attractive dwarf/medium height flowering trees or ornamental trees would be ideal for a home garden, like, Cornus Florida (Flowering Dogwood), Magnolia, Hydrangea Paniculata, Cassia fistula, Jacaranda, Tecoma argentea, and Cassia javanica. Tree saplings can be planted in trenches filled with a mixture of garden earth and manure in the ratio of 2:1. Support the saplings with stakes. Trees take a number of years to mature. In the first year, remove weak or unruly shoots. In the second or third year remove poorly spaced branches, leaving alone the central trunk. Once they settle, trees need to be watered only once in a while. But the watering should be deep and applied directly to the soil. Shade trees and ornamentals grow on a framework of older branches and need only infrequent maintenance pruning.
Creepers: these plants can be grown along the top of the compound wall or as a cover for walls, or at the entrance as an arch. There are varieties of creepers available like, Bignonia venusta, allamanda, passiflora (fashion flower), Jacquemontia. Even Bougainvilleas can be a good creeper. Climbers: these are the plants with soft stems that grow only with a support. They rely on something else for support; another plant, a wall or trellis. Different types of climbers have devised many crafty ways to hold on to whatever they grasp. Examples are Clerodendrum thomsoniae (Bleeding Heart), Cissus rhombifolia (Grape Ivy), Jasminum multipartitum (Starry Wild Jasmine), Clematis montana (Clematis). Shrubs are woody plants smaller than trees, having a short stem with branches near the ground. Shrubs can be flowering and ornamental. as for you and your family.
Flowering shrubs are
those that flower almost through out the year and will have bushy shape
and size; for example, Mosanda, Hibiscus, and Lantana. Flowering
shrubs provide a long-lived, low-fuss, eye-fetching framework in any
garden design. And their rich array of form, foliage, fruit, and
flowers can yield year-round rewards.
Ornamental shrubs: ornamentals
are those which will not flower but are best for their evergreen
foliage, shapes and ornamental look. These can be trimmed or trained
into various shapes and sizes; for example, Juniperus, Tuja compacta,
Eranthemum, and Aralia.
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A bulb is a specific stem structure which is planted beneath the soil and stays underground. Roots grow down from it, and stem and leaves grow up from it. Most bulb plants have a dormant (resting) period during which there is no growth visible. Bulb plants grow, flower, and then the leaves remain for sometime and disappear completely until next year. They are easy to grow and guaranteed to bloom. Examples are Daffodils, Tulips, and Bluebells. Bulb plants can be Real bulbs : Formulated in layers, with an outer scale (onion, tulip, and lily). Corms: Appears like a bulb on the exterior, different structure inside (crocus, gladiolus). Tubers and Tuberous Roots : Bulb stems or roots with food stores which look like a potato (Potato, Dahlia, Tuberous begonia).
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