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Record 1 2018-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
CONT

Plant forms. Plant silhouettes are varied enough to offer challenging opportunities for their landscape design use. The general categories of form are many: round, oval, vase-shaped, columnar, weeping, conical, inverted pyramid, fountainlike, prostrate, and irregular.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
CONT

Formes arrondies, ovoïdes. Celles sous lesquelles on schématise le plus couramment les feuillus. La masse du feuillage s'inscrirait sensiblement dans une sphère ou dans un volume semblable à un œuf. Leur port est équilibré et calme, traduisant comme une végétation bien répartie autour du tronc. Tilleul, orme, marronnier, acacia boule.

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