New-Garden Use

Garden Use – Content Creation

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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 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.
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 supposed to be discussed in this section.
  • Houseplant use is often considered 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 suggested.
  • 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.    Accurate Level: there’re species, variates, cultivars, and breeds in our plant list, please introduce the plants at an accurate level. 

  • When talking about a cultivar, do not mention other cultivars under the same species.
  • when talking about one species, the introduction of important cultivars is encouraged. But do not let one breed dominate the whole content (unless it is the only popular breed used in the garden).

4.    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. (Both aspects are mandatory, but which points you selected to write are optional.)

         4.1     Why– the advantages of the plants:

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

         4.2    How– their common use in gardens:

  • The role they often played in garden landscaping (as specimen trees, edgings, 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, cut flowers, etc.)
  • Other utilities (deer resist, wind-breaking, etc.)

5.    Avoid Simple Listing: Try to describe in a general way, do not simply list more than 3 usages, locations, or anything like that. 

6.    Reference: List all the links you have referenced. (Indeed, when describing some commonly used garden plants, you may not need to refer to more information, but in order to facilitate the reviewers’ work, please be sure to attach at least one referral link for each species.)

Special Attention
  • Don’t forget that succulents and cacti also thrive outdoors. They are the representative plants in rock gardens.
  • Some plants do well when potted outdoors, do not forget to mention that.
Examples

Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) [71 words]

Carnation’s blooming season lasts nearly the whole summer, producing fragrant flowers with fluffy double petals. Depending on the breeds, carnations come from an array of different colors, heights, and branching habits. You can always find a proper breed to fit all your needs in the garden, from a specimen flower in your rock garden to an edging flower. It adapts well for potting and is wildly used as a cut flower too.

Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon) [68 words, great example created by David Hinchliffe]

Bermuda grass is one of the world’s most popular lawn grasses, especially in hot climates, due to its ability to withstand drought and aridity. It copes less well in the cold, but it makes a tough turf that is particularly good for domestic lawns because of its resilience and ability to recover quickly after heavy use. It is perfectly suited for sites with full sun and good drainage.