Bamboo plant landscape design methods
Introduction: Bamboo and water are one of the most classic combinations in classical gardens, whether it is the faint bamboo shadow on the vast lake or beside the stream. Lively and agile, there is no doubt that bamboo, as another medium different from water, is a good landscape configuration. The following is welcome for reference!
1. Create with bamboo as the main Bamboo forest landscape
Due to their peculiar shapes and bright colors, bamboo plants are planted in groups or in patches to form independent bamboo forest landscapes, or in natural planting forms to form bamboo forest landscapes. Bamboo forests are commonly composed of bamboo species such as moso bamboo, Ma bamboo, gray golden bamboo, square bamboo, osmanthus bamboo, dragon bamboo, and Ci bamboo. For example, the Moganshan Bamboo Sea in Zhejiang, as well as the "Shunnan Bamboo Sea", "Minyuan Bamboo Sea", "Changning Bamboo Sea", "Yixing Bamboo Sea" and other bamboo seas that are famous for bamboo appreciation in my country, are full of bamboos all over the mountains and plains. With thousands of miles of waves, its landscape is vast and spectacular, and there is no lack of beauty and elegance. Bamboo paths can be bordered with perennial flowers to enrich the color composition of the bamboo forest landscape. For example, the Yunqi Bamboo Trail in Hangzhou has a beautiful landscape that makes visitors stop and look at it. Walking through it gives people a feeling of lightness amid thousands of green stalks.
2. Prune into ground covers and hedges
Use Feibai bamboo, Fengwei bamboo, Gangji bamboo, and Guanyin bamboo as ground cover plants, combined with lawns and soil, with a continuous visual The functions can be combined into the same unit with the help of ground cover plants. Some pruning-resistant bamboo species can be cut into hedges or various ball-shaped decorations. The staggered matching of bamboo shapes in the space creates a sense of rhythm that cannot be compared with ground covers and hedges trimmed from other plants.
3. Bamboo bonsai materials
Bamboo species are generally small and delicate, elegant and attractive, such as small Buddha belly bamboo, Feibai bamboo, Penglai bamboo, Phoenix tail bamboo, etc., which can be used directly For making bonsai. Some medium-sized ornamental bamboo species, such as yellow-stemmed black-stemmed chicken bamboo, golden-inlaid polygonatum, and purple bamboo, can also be used as potted plants if they are dwarfed.
4. Cluster planting
Bamboo species for cluster planting require beautiful bamboo clusters, or unique stalk shapes, with good ornamental value, such as: green-threaded yellow bamboo, silver-threaded bamboo, Flower bamboo, big belly bamboo, golden jasper bamboo, flower hanging silk bamboo, pink single bamboo, green hemp bamboo, etc. For bamboo species with dense branches and leaves, such as big-bellied bamboo, the bamboo clumps can also be pruned into mushroom shapes to create unique features. The bamboo stalks of Golden Jasper Bamboo are golden yellow with green vertical strips in between. The bamboo clumps are tall and straight. It is one of the excellent bamboo species for garden planting.
5. Bamboo species for green walls or avenues
Clothes-drying bamboo, tea stalk bamboo, and mountain firecrackers are all ideal bamboo species for green walls. In addition to the above scattered bamboo species, bamboo avenues can also use some large and clustered bamboo species with beautiful stalk shapes, such as golden jasper bamboo, golden silk bamboo, flower hanging silk bamboo, etc. to form a secluded space. The bamboo forest landscape has quiet grass paths, green bamboo shading, thousands of towering poles, and clouds and mist. Stepping into it, you will feel that the midsummer heat has disappeared, and you will be afraid of the sudden arrival of the sun and the breeze, and will not leave. When you are on the bamboo path, you will have a profound feeling. , elegant, quiet and beautiful artistic conception.
6. Bamboo and water
Bamboo and water are one of the most classic combinations in classical gardens, whether it is the faint bamboo shadow on the vast lake or the lively and agile scenery beside the stream. , there is no doubt that bamboo is another medium different from water. From the perspective of overall landscape design, the two complement each other and set off each other, making the landscape picture complete; from the perspective of color matching, water is colorless, and bamboo is colorless. It is emerald green. In the light and shadow of the bamboo, the color of the water will also show a soft blue color, making the whole environment appear fresh, smart and full of life. Bai Juyi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, had a special liking for bamboo. He greatly admired the ingenious arrangement of bamboo and water such as "walking on the road and living in a secluded place surrounded by bamboo around the pond". He wrote, "Water can weaken my friend, and bamboo can relieve the heart and be my teacher." verse. His poem "The bamboo path circles the lotus pond, lingering for more than a hundred steps" also makes people understand that in classical gardens, literati and poets were accustomed to planting bamboo around ponds with water, so that the two echo each other.
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