Vine flowers: Climbing, trailing, and hanging ornamental plants

Author: Xiong Jihua
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Publish Date: 2000-01-01
Features: This book is intended for ornamental, greening, and landscape applications. The selection is carefully made to include species with ornamental value, both currently cultivated and some of the rich wild resources in China that have ornamental value and application prospects. It includes not only ornamental and greening species but also some that can serve as vegetables, medicinal plants, and also possess ornamental value. This work establishes a completely new classification system for, combining theory and practice. It first divides plants into major "groups" based on the way their branches and stems extend and their habits—climbing, creeping, and hanging. Below the groups are "categories," and further below are "types." Each type is arranged in the order of trees first, followed by herbs. Finally, it describes each type according to the plant classification system and the order of families, down to the species. This book is highly valuable for the introduction and cultivation of.