Collection / 97 species references
Feature Trees for Public Spaces
Every public landscape needs the trees that fix a view and give people somewhere to arrange themselves. Ficus altissima, Tamarix aphylla, Terminalia bentzoe, Melia azedarach, Searsia pendulina, Olea,...
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Feature Trees for Public Spaces
Every public landscape needs the trees that fix a view and give people somewhere to arrange themselves. Ficus altissima, Tamarix aphylla, Terminalia bentzoe, Melia azedarach, Searsia pendulina, Olea, Tabebuia, Pandanus and Podocarpus all hold that role while remaining durable enough for open ground.
A feature tree in public space is judged from a distance and from directly underneath, so branching height matters as much as crown shape: too low and it obstructs, too high and it stops being a place. Fix the clear stem in the specification. For sculptural specimens see architectural trees, and character and hero trees explains how these are selected on visitor attraction projects. Where the selection is being made on form and flower rather than on public durability, ornamental trees is the wider list to work from.
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