Survey and analysis of flowers and ornamental plants at some nurseries in Ho Chi Minh City according to criteria for garden design

Tien T. M. Duong * , & Thuy T. Vuong

* Correspondence: Duong Thi My Tien (email: duongmytien@hcmuaf.edu.vn)

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Received: 20 Nov 2019
Revised: 13 Mar 2020
Accepted: 22 Apr 2020
Published: 29 Apr 2020
DOI: 10.52997/jad.8.02.2020
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Duong, T. T. M., & Vuong, T. T. (2020). Survey and analysis of flowers and ornamental plants at some nurseries in Ho Chi Minh City according to criteria for garden design. The Journal of Agriculture and Development 19(2), 59-68.
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Volume 19 - Issue 2 (2020)
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Environmental and Natural Resources

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Abstract

This research was carried out from October 2017 to October 2018 at some ornamental plant stores and nurseries in district 7, Go Vap district, district 10, Tan Binh district and Binh Chanh dis-trict. These are important ornamental plant trading and producing areas in Ho Chi Minh City. This study aimed to identify and anal-yse the potentials of using ornamental flowers, plants and trees for garden design. The investigation was conducted through question-naire surveying, morphological comparison, species identification. The collected data was then statistically analysed. We divided these districts by zones and routes for the invesgation. There were 542 identified ornamental plant species in Ho Chi Minh City. Ac-cording to the analysis of 7 important groups of ornamental plants such as tree trunks, shape of the tree, leaves, and flower groups, the bonsai pots for interior display, with large leaves, dark green to light green colors, large flowers, height from 0.1 to 1 m and no fra-grance is common. Briefly, the obtained results would contribute to the design and construction of gardens in Ho Chi Minh City.

Keywords: Garden design, Ho Chi Minh City, Ornamental plant, Ornamental plant nursery

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