This document provides information on various types of shrubs. It describes three shrubs in detail: Brilliant Gardenia, Golden Champak, and Moon Beam. It provides information on their appearance, uses, height, flowering seasons, and spread. It also briefly describes Tulsi, Bougainvillea, Cherry Laurel, and Gardenia, providing key details about their appearance, uses, climate requirements, and growth habits. The document serves as a reference for identifying and learning about the characteristics of different shrub species.
2. INTRODUCTION
❑ Plants are the living
organisms present on the
earth. These are identified
by their foliage, profile,
color, etc. The anatomy of
most plants contain roots,
stems, leaves, flowers, etc.
❑ There basic parts are.
Roots
Leaves
Stem
Flowers
Foods
3. REQUIREMENTS FOR PLANT
❑ TEMPERATURE
Plants grow well only within
a limited temperature range.
❑ LIGHT
All vegetable plants and many
flowers require large amounts of
sunlight.
❑ OXYGEN
Plants require oxygen for respiration
to carry out their functions of water
and nutrient uptake. In soil
adequate oxygen is usually
available.
❑ WATER
Different req. in different seasons
like,
During the hot summer months a
large tomato plant may use one-
half gallon of water per day. But in
winter it will use less.
5. TYPES OF PLANT (Shrubs)
❑ BRILLIANT(Gardenia jasminoides)
Native INDIA
Appearance –
This is really a very nice and beautiful shrub. Sometimes it is like a
small Shrub
The cracking bark of the 'Brilliant Gardenia' is paler and greenish-
grey in colour. The leaves are of a bright, clear green colour,
gives them a polished look. Though the single yellow flowers of
this shrub are a little smaller, they bear equally strong perfume.
The fruit of the 'Brilliant Gardenia' is woody. It is a soft, 2.5 cm
across ball.
Texture
Uses
Good aesthetic view.
Used in passages
for better circulation.
People can exude a
clear and aromatic gum
from the tips of young
shoots and buds.
•It exudes gum from the buds. Leaves have very short stalks.
They are oblong or oval or obovate, obtuse
•Silky and later on rough
Height
•Brilliant Gardenia is a small, unarmed tree, up to 3 m tall.
Flowering Seasons
•March-April.
Form
•It is lighter in the form and colour than the garden 'Gardenia'.
Spread
•spread is of4 to 5 m
6. TYPES OF PLANT (Shrubs)
Native : - India
❑ GOLDEN CHAMPAK (Magnolia champaca) Uses
The wood is quite
hard and has an
attractive grain of
red-brown colour.
However, as it has
a tendency to
warp, people do
not use it widely.
Appearance :-
The bright yellow coloured and fragrant flowers appear during the time when
the leaves are new.
The maroon coloured fruit of the 'Golden Champak' develops when
the petals fall down.
The stems are dark brown. The flowers of this shrub appear in clusters.
The clusters remain on some stems that are about 2.5 cm in length.
The fruits of the shrub are about 5 cm in length. In the beginning, they
are green in colour. When they become matured, they turn to
maroon and black. The fruits normally develop singly or sometimes in
clusters where they remain up to ten in number,
The leaves are generally long and pointed with some wavy and finely
notched edges.
Form
•It is a fragile plant that bears soft, circular, green colored stems.
Height
•The height of the plan goes upto 2 to 3 m
Spread
•It has a spread of about 1.5m to 2m
Flowering Seasons
•This is a non-woody climbing plant that dyes down during the summer.
The fleshy underground stem or root of the plant remains inactive until
the following Rainy season.
7. TYPES OF PLANT (Shrubs)
Native : - India
❑ MOON BEAM (Coreopsis verticillata)
Uses
It is mainly used
in public gardens
for dividing areas
and around the
pathways
Form
•It is a tedious and pointed shrub.
Height
•Its height is around 12" - 6'
Spread
•The Shrub has an amazing speed of spreading and it can also grow
very rapidly. For this very reason, it has become a serious danger
and it costs India many rupees in damage.
Flowering Seasons
•The Shrub bears flowers all through the year.
Appearance :-
If you look at this tree on a moonlit night, you will understand very
easily why the shrub is called as 'Chandnee' or 'Moonbeam'. The main
reason is that the growing whiteness of the flowers stands out against
the dark and shining leaves.
The shrub bears some scattered clumps of stunning, white flowers,
The flowers remain in greater numbers on those bushes that get
plenty of sunlight.
The branches and twigs of the shrub are ashy and wrinkled
The young leaves of the "Moonbeam' are of a rich, glossy green colour. They can grow up to
10 cm in length. They are pointed and shaped like ovals. The delicate fragrance of the flowers
of the 'Moonbeam' increases towards evening and if the sprays are cut, it makes a pleasant
table decoration.
8. TYPES OF PLANT (Shrubs)
❑ GARDENIA (Gardenia jasminoides)
Form
•Dense, evergreen shrub when you keep it in shape.
Height
•G. ‘Radicans' is a low-growing groundcover which reaches 15-45
cm (6-18 in)
Spread
•spreads up to a meter wide
Flowering Seasons
•Flowers bloom majorly in winter.
The flowers finish their appearance only in the winter.
The crowded leaves of the 'Gardenia' grow in opposite pairs and twists. They
are of a rich, pale green colour at the young age and they change to a deep,
dark colour by the course of time. They are usually long and slender and they
get thinner to a very short stalk.
If cultivated, the 'Gardenia' usually bears double flowers that are up to 7.5
cm. across, they are also showy and have a very wonderful perfume. Just
before the blooms fall, unluckily the pure white of the fresh flowers changes to
dull ochre.
The fruit is a corrugated, orange coloured berry.
Appearance – Oil to treat
especially
infections;
jaundice; and
blood in the urine, sputum,
or stool.
Candles are a popular
use for Gardenia
Essential Oil for its
wonderful fragrance.
Uses
Gardenia
infections,
bladder
abscesses;
9. TYPES OF PLANT
❑ TULSI (Ocimum tenuiflorum)
Appearance –
Tulsa is heavy branched havingall over hair.it attainstheheight of
about 75 -90cm.
It has round oval shaped leaves up to 5 cm long. the leaves are 2-3cm
in length.
Its seeds are flat. Its flowers are purple cream in colour. A leaf of tulsi
contains essential oil.
Tulsi seeds are germinate easily. The seeds mainly sown in the spring
season.
Uses
it is mainlyused
in the court
houses or
Pooja room
residence.
Climate & condition
• It is mainly grown in the temperate climate
• Tulsi prefers rich soil for its growth.
height
• It is an erect, many-branched subshrub, 30–60 cm (12–24 in) tall
with hairy stems and simple phyllotaxic green or purple leaves that
are strongly scented.
Ayurveda
• Tulsi has been used for thousands of years in Ayurveda for
its diverse healing properties
10. TYPES OF PLANT(Shrubs)
PAPER FLOWER (BOUGANVILLEA)
Appearance –
The vine species grow anywhere from 1 to 12 m (3 to 40 ft.) tall,
scrambling over other plants with their spiky thorns.
They are evergreen where rainfall occurs all year, or deciduous if
there is a dry season.
The actual flower of the plant is small and generally white, but each
cluster of three flowers is surrounded by three or six bracts with the
bright colours associated with the plant, including pink, magenta,
purple, red, orange, white, or yellow.
Uses
bougainvillea can be
used as a houseplant
or hanging basket in
cooler climates.
Climate & condition These vining shrubs require full sun and high
light intensity to thrive and produce flowers.
Bougainvillea must have well-drained soil, and it prefers acidic soil
with a pH between 5.5 and 6.0.
Height:1 to 12 m
11. TYPES OF PLANT(Shrubs)
CHERRY LAUREL
Appearance –
Cherry laurel is an evergreen shrub or small to medium-sized tree,
growing to 5 to 15 metres with a trunk up to 60 cm broad.
The leaves are dark green, leathery, shiny.
The leaves can have the scent of almonds when crushed.
Uses
It is often used for
hedges, as a
screening plant, and
as a massed
landscape plant.
Climate & condition They are tolerant of extreme light
conditions, drought, aerosol salt, and even neglect.
These shrubs are able to survive in both sunny and shady
spots. They benefit from bright, direct sunlight in cool areas
and partial to full shade in warmer climates.
Height: 5 to 15 metres
Flowering Seasonshe flower buds appear in early spring
and open in early summer
