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WOODLAND STREAM [1 record]

Record 1 1999-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
DEF

A type of rock garden featuring alpine plants, i.e. plants which grow above the tree line is mountainous regions.

OBS

Alpine is the generic term applied to all plants which grow above the tree line in mountainous regions. In gardening terms, however, it covers a wide range of small hardy plants and bulbs, which are mainly perennial. They can be grown in natural habitats such as a woodland garden or stream bank, or man-made habitats in the form of a rock garden, raised bed, trough, peat bed, scree or alpine house.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
CONT

Les plantes naines, tapissantes (corbeilles d'or, iris montagnards, phlox nains, hélianthèmes ...) garnissent les intervalles des roches ensoleillées des jardins alpins.

CONT

À la modeste altitude de 440 mètres, il est assez surprenant de découvrir un ... Jardin alpin, comprenant un intéressant échantillonnage de plantes de montagne.

Spanish

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