Hortus Botanicus (Dec 2017)
Ecological basis for selecting ornamental perennials for urban landscaping
Abstract
Creating flower beds of perennials in unprotected urban areas should be carried out on the basis of three fundamental criteria: ecology, aesthetics, economy. At the same time, the selection of the plant assortment involves consideration of two groups of factors: biological and anthropogenic. Based on these principles and as a result of a long introductory research in the RBS of the Russian Academy of Sciences, an assortment of promising ornamental perennials (143 species) for urban gardening was developed.
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