A Garden of Ornamental Plants

1. A Garden of
Ornamental Plants

2. Ornamental plants are plants used for
decoration. They are used to decorate houses
and different establishments such as banks,
convention halls, funeral parlors, and others.

4. Two Types of Ornamental Plants
•Flowering plants-
plants characterized
by colorful blossoms
or flowers.

5. •Foliage- an
ornamental plant
represented by
collective leaves on a
tree, shrub, other
plant.

6. Flowering Plants

7. Local Flowering Plants
sampaguita gumamela
kamia
Waling-waling
orchid
santan

8. Hybrid or Imported Flowering Plants
gladioulis
rose
anthurium
mums

9. Different Types of Foliage
• Dracaena- local name: fortune plant
• Sansaviera- local name: buntot tigre or espada
• San Francisco
• Diffenbacchia- local name: bakya
• Caladium-local name: gabi-gabihan
• Bromeliads- local name: pinya-pinyahan

10. Foliage
dracaena or fortune plant Sansaviera or buntot tigre or espada San francisco
Dieffenbacchia or bakya Bromeliads or pinya- pinyahan
Caladium or gabi-gabihan

11. Foliage and flowering plants are often found in one variety of
ornamental plants such as following:
1. calachuchi
2. bougainvillea
3. heloconia or birds of paradise

12. Foliage and Flowering Plants
calachuchi bougainvillea Heloconia or birds of paradise

13. Importance of Ornamental Plants
• They make the house and its surroundings clean,
beautiful, comfortable and relaxing- a nice place to live in.
• They provide interest to the landscape of parks, big
buildings and offices in making these places beautiful.

14. • They create environmental awareness and appreciation
of the importance of plants.
• They provide a source of income to growers in their
nurseries.
• They can be used for people’s training in agriculture
tasks.