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Tibetan Landscape Gardening
from: Kyle BesserWhen you think of the name Tibet, images of the highest mountains in the world, ancient Buddhist monasteries perched upon craggy precipices and centuries-old villages clustered in isolated valleys come to mind. But Tibet is also a land of thousands of species of exotic flora. Perhaps you cannot travel to Tibet, but through Tibetan landscape gardening you can bring some of the atmosphere of that mysterious country to your own garden.
Tibetan landscape gardening offers many plants you can use to beautify your garden.
Buddleia
The buddleia is a large deciduous shrub which will add color to your garden even when it is not blooming. The buddleia can reach a height of 15 feet. This flowers of the buddleia are lilac colored and very fragrant. The slender leaves are a grey-green color.
Cotoneaster
Another beauty of Tibetan landscape gardening is the cotoneaster, a shrub that has pinkish-white flowers in summer, followed by a bright red fruit. Sometimes the fruit is black. The round, dark green leaves turn orange in the autumn. The cotoneaster can reach six to eight feet in height and spreads.
A close relative is the rockspray cotoneaster. The plant is flat, with herringbone branches. It is one of the most widely grown of the cotoneasters. It blooms with small pink flowers. In fall the foliage turns from dark green to bright red. This plant will grow to a height of two to five feet and will spread over ten feet.
The creeping cotoneaster is not as hardy as some of its relatives, but it is a good plant for groundcover. It has small pink and white flowers and grows to a height of one foot.
Liliaceae
The liliaceae is one of Tibet's most famous plants. It has pea sized white bulbs that are believed to have medicinal properties and are dried for export to China.
Goji Berry
A favorite plant of Tibetan landscape gardening is the goji berry plant, which is sometimes confused with the wolfberry. The fruit of the goji berry is sweet, while that of the wolfberry is bitter.
The goji berry plant grows well in almost any kind of soil, including medium loamy, light sandy and clay. The goji berry does best in well-drained soil. Once the goji berry plant establishes its root system, it will stand up well to dry conditions. However, it does not grow well in wet conditions.
This plant likes lots of sun but can tolerate some shade. The goji berry plant can grow up to ten feet tall, and its vines can reach twelve feet. Its trumpet shaped flowers are purple and white. The plant provides its sweet, juicy berries in late summer. This special plant from Tibetan landscape gardening also makes a good indoor houseplant.
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