Garden Use – Content Creation

Update Summary

V.1.0.1 (Jan 20th, 2022)

  • Clarified that houseplant use should not be described in detail in this section.

Writing Guide: https://article.picturethisai.com/writing-guide/

 

What’s This Content for

In this section, we will tell the readers why and how the garden plants are used. A list of garden plants will be given and you are selected to explain briefly that why they are considered to be ornamental and how people often use them in their gardens.

We hope these creative contents are simple, focused, and specific. Highlighting characteristic traits of these plants.

Requirements

1.  Word Count: around 50 words (for Japanese and Korean, around 100 characters; for Chinese around 80 characters).
If the plant is very popular or versatile, it is OK to go slightly longer for this section. While if it is rarely used, a bit shorter is acceptable (but still please more than 30 words).

2. Focus on the Field: please focus on gardening and landscaping. Do not mention any related or unrelated information, which will appear in other sections.

  • General information, like original distribution, environments favored, hardiness zone, care tips, etc. are NOT suggested to be discussed in this section.
  • Houseplant use is often considered as a branch of garden use, but in our system, the utility in gardens and houses are operated separately. There’s another parallel section that will discuss the plant’s usage as a houseplant. It is OK to mention it could be planted indoors, but further discussion is NOT allowed.
  • If you can not find any literal “garden use” of the plant, please leave the box blank and tell us in the comments. Then we will revise our name list timely. In this case, remember to check the “No reliable source found” option.

3. Information Covered: contents are supposed to cover two related aspects: (1) why they are used in gardens and (2) the most popular ways that they are used in gardens.

3.1.    Why– the advantages of the plants:

  • The showy appearance 
  • The interesting seasons
  • The adaptability to the garden

3.2     How– their common use in gardens:

  • The role they often played in garden landscaping (as specimen trees, as edgings, as ground covers, etc.)
  • Often used in witch style of gardens (rock gardens, Japanese gardens, cottage gardens, etc.).
  • Common ways they planted (under large trees, beside brick walkways, potted, etc.)
  • Other utilities (deer resist, wind-breaking, etc.)

       4.    Reference: List all the links you have referenced.

Examples

Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) [71 words]

_COMMON_NAME_ produces fragrant blooms with fluffy double petals. The flowering season lasts nearly the whole summer. Depending on the breeds, _COMMON_NAME_ comes from an array of different colors and different heights and branching habits. You can always find a proper breed to fit your need in the garden, from a specimen flower in your rock garden to an edging flower. It adapts well for potting and wildly used as a cut flower.

Palm Sedge (Carex phyllocephala) [50 words]

_COMMON_NAME_ is a deer resist plant prized for its evergreen foliage. Its leaves clustered in small whorls at the top part of its upright stems, resembling miniature palms. It is a perfect specimen plant or ground cover under the woodland garden and works well as a border in shade too.