Friday 27 March 2015

Weeping Plants For Landscape Your Garden

Most of the plants grow upright, but there are some plants that grow to the ground and thus are known as weeping plants. It is because of the habit of growing downwards or the nature of drooping flowers downwards as tears roll down on cheeks, these plants are called weeping plants. Weeping plants add to the year round interest in the garden with the unique growth habit, which offers contrast to upright plants. With no much effort you can have weeping plants in your garden to add to the beauty of the landscape.

People see this plant with different attitudes. To some it represents calmness, restfulness, contemplation and wisdom. To others it conjures up classic romantic images often seen in paintings of weeping willows with a background of boats in a lake. Used in modern landscapes, a weeping plant can be used to create a focal point for an entire garden, or offer contrast to surrounding foliage and textures.                  

Weeping plants can be the very best trees for a yard, no matter what size property you have. You can search through best photos of weeping trees to discover how wonderful they can be in your yard. These photo galleries can also help you come up with different desigs for your exterior as well as determine which types of wheeping trees you wish to plant in your home.

Weeping Astilbe 

A perennial that is quickly gaining popularity because of its lovely form and beautiful flower plumes is the Astilbe. Now, there are even weeping form cultivars available. The 21/2-3' long flowers are present all summer and show off the weeping habit that makes this Astilbe so unique.

Evergreen Candytuft

Evergreen Candytuft familiar bedding and edging plant often grown in containers, the candytuft is a beautiful garden cascading perennial. The candytuft is evergreen, semi-evergreen in very cold areas. Iberis sempervirens is the most commonly offered of the candytufts and will grow about 10" high by 2' wide with a pleasant trailing stem habit that makes it lovely in rock gardens, containers or raised beds. The candytuft also has beautiful fine foliage and white, fragrant flowers that cover the plant in early April.

Trailing Twinspur

Trailing Twinspur This pendulous perennial forms a lovely mound about 10" tall. Beautiful for cascading over the edge of raised beds or containers, the twin spur also looks great lining a path or walkway. Plant Diascia's in sun or light shade and make sure they have well-drained soil to get the best blooms all season long.

Spring Heath

This heath has a lovely pendulous form and is a long-lasting perennial. Sometimes also called Winter Heath, the flowers last for a long time and often last from fall through winter and well into mid-spring. The foliage is needle like and evergreen and the heath grows to about 10" by 20".

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