树状花木的观赏特色及其园林应用

The Ornamental Characteristic of Shrub Standards and Their Prospect of Landscape Application

树状花木是一种特殊的整形植物,即把可观赏的灌木作为乔木树型来栽培应用,其显著特点是有一独立、光秃无分叉的主干,主枝通常都集中于主干上端。概述了树状花木的概念、分类、培育及其园林应用,并对树状花木的市场前景进行了展望。

Shrub standards refer to those shrubs with a shape similar to trees instead of shrubs. They differ from other shrubs with their single, trunk-like main stem, all branches gathering on the top and without side shoots below. Systematic research has been done on the taxonomy, cultivation and the application in the gardening of shrub standards,in order to gain a full understanding of shrub standards. Finally, the author's some ideas are put forwarded and the market potential is predicted.