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On the Landscape Art of Osmanthus fragrans

Published: 2024-12-23 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/12/23, Osmanthus fragrans is one of the ten traditional famous flowers in China. It is a special ornamental flower and fragrant tree species in China. Its shape, color, fragrance and rhyme are excellent. Because of its "winter glory of the good osmanthus tree", "do not give up because of the small flowers, elegant fragrance, rich Fu Zhiyuan" and other qualities, it has been favored by literati throughout the ages, and because of its relationship with Chang'e running to the moon.

Osmanthus fragrans is one of the ten traditional famous flowers in China. It is a special ornamental flower and fragrant tree species in China. Its shape, color, fragrance and rhyme are excellent. Because of its "winter glory of a good osmanthus tree", "not giving up because of its small flowers, elegant fragrance, rich richness" and other qualities, it has been favored by writers of all ages, and because it is related to many folklore such as "Chang'e running to the Moon", it has become a favorite tree species of the Chinese nation, and it is a plant material widely used in the art of landscape architecture. The main results are as follows: 1. the independent landscape of sweet-scented osmanthus under natural conditions, the branch point of sweet-scented osmanthus is low, the twigs hang down, the branches and leaves are dense and graceful, and the tree shape varies with the growth of the tree age, showing oblong, round, flat shape and so on. the color of the leaves is different in the four seasons, the new leaves are reddish brown, and then become tender green, emerald green, dark green and so on, and the fragrance of the flowers is rich, which has a very high ornamental value. 1. Isolated planting. Isolated planting mainly shows the physical beauty of individual trees and is generally treated as a visual center. Sweet-scented osmanthus trees are graceful and can be planted alone into a landscape. A king of sweet-scented osmanthus, shaped like a giant umbrella, is planted alone on the lawn of Linggu Temple in Nanjing. against the surrounding sweet-scented osmanthus forest, it has a distinct personality and has the effect of "standing out from the crowd". There is also a solitary plant of sweet-scented osmanthus in the sweet-scented osmanthus square in Zhenjiang Jiaoshan scenic spot. The square is square, the center of the square is made of pebbles into a big circle, and the center of the circle takes the characteristics of four petals of sweet-scented osmanthus flowers, which is built into a flower bed in the shape of cross petals. A graceful sweet-scented osmanthus is cultivated in the center of the flower bed. Overlooking its scenery, there are round flowers in the square, which not only reflects the moral meaning of "full bloom and full moon, happiness", but also points out the theme of the square. 2. List and plant. The arrangement mainly reflects the neat beauty and line beauty of plants, and the general tree shape of sweet-scented osmanthus of similar age is similar to that of sweet-scented osmanthus, and it is easy to achieve a neat and consistent artistic effect by planting in a straight line or curve at an equal distance. In gardens, sweet-scented osmanthus is generally cultivated as street trees, shelterbelts and watersides, or as tree walls and hedges. The two sides of the road of Linggu Temple in Nanjing are cultivated with sweet-scented osmanthus and other tree species as street trees, which makes the plant landscape on both sides of the road rich and unique. Outside the fence of Dinghui Temple in Jiaoshan, there are several sweet-scented osmanthus plants, yellow walls, green tiles, rich colors and beautiful composition. 3. Cluster planting and mass planting. Cluster planting and group planting mainly reflect the group beauty and coordination beauty of trees. Planting sweet-scented osmanthus of different ages according to a certain rule can show a beautiful landscape of sweet-scented osmanthus forest. Suzhou Guangfu and Hangzhou Manjuelong have become resorts to enjoy sweet-scented osmanthus, because florists plant thousands of mu of sweet-scented osmanthus, forming the landscape of sweet-scented osmanthus forest, and the group beauty of sweet-scented osmanthus is shown to the extreme.

 
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