landscapers new York

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landscapers new York
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• Basics of landscape design elements
• Color The color spectrums are divided into
• Primary colors Red, blue and yellow
• Secondary colors Violet, green and oranges
• Tertiary colors A blend of primary and
  secondary colors
• Neutral colors White, silvers and grays

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• Line of sight
• It is the viewers eye movement being
  influenced by the plant arrangement and its
  borders. The eye movement is affected by how the
  groupings fit in horizontal and vertical
  planes.
• The rows or hedge divert the attention to the
  focal point
• Curves or Meandering lines with create a slow
  movement with a disturbed feeling.

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• Form It is the shape of the plant
• Oval
• Upright
• Spreading
• Columnar
• Weeping
• Broad spreading
• Tall plants attracts your eye upwards while low
  spreading plants leaves your line of sight on
  the ground. In order to break the monotony it is
  important to create individual specimen plants.

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• Scale or balance It is about the visual
  landscape relationship, relative to size and
  components.
• Equal sizes on both the sides give a balance to
  the design.
• Repeating the elements on the opposite side of
  the axis by maintaining symmetry.
• Having equal weight on either side of the axis
  gives an asymmetrical look.

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• Texture It is all about visual surface quality
  and touch of the plant. The bloom can be divided
  as coarse which is a mixture of large leaves
  plant and fine which is a mixture of small
  leaves plant.
• All these five elements are essential to create
  hardscapes and softscapes. Hardscapes are
  patios, driveways, walkways and walls. Softscapes
  are shrubs, trees, gardens and lawns.

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