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Italian to English translations [PRO] Science - Botany
Italian term or phrase:pianta esemplare
potrebbe significare ornamentale??
Tollera il pieno sole, necessita di protezione contro le gelate da giovane e preferisce terreni ben drenati, da neutri ad acidi. E' eccellente come **pianta esemplare** e attira gli uccelli con i suoi fiori molto abbondanti per tutta l'estate.
Explanation: Big Plant Nursery Ltd. Phyllostachys
It is hardy outside in the U.K. but needs a warm sheltered garden to ... It is excellent as a specimen plant due to its striking appearance and open canopy. ... www.bigplantsonline.co.uk/acatalog/Phyllostachys.html
BBC - Gardening: Plant Finder - Black bamboo
A striking bamboo to use as a specimen plant, this naturally forms a dramatic tall, ... Society has given it its prestigious Award of Garden Merit (AGM). ... www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/.../650.shtml
Garden House Nurseries
Suitable small gardens for hedging or pots. Forms dense clump doesn't run. ... Plant in mixed borders or as a specimen plant. Doesn't run. ... www.gardenhousenursery.co.uk/htmfile/bamblist.htm -
What is a specimen plant?
A specimen is an ornamental plant that serves as a focal point in a garden, lawn, or indoor landscape. Specimens are most often isolated in an open space rather than being grouped in a bed. Sculptural elements, woody trunks, age, size, and unusual bends are some of the many characteristics that a specimen plant may have.
I would say that a "show plant" is one grown for presenting in a flower show, though -
Crazy about cacti and succulents - Google Books Result
Ray Rogers - 2006 - Gardening - 119 pages
Why should I bother to grow a show plant, especially when there's no show nearby to compete in? What is a show plant, anyway? What's in it for me? Of course, competing in a show can win you a ribbon or two, or, if you keep at it for more than a few ...
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=1889538728...
Growing for Showing - Brad's Begonia World
What is a show plant? A show plant is any clean, well groomed, healthy, mature plant Size is not always a consideration, not all begonias grow to a large ... www.bradsbegoniaworld.com/show.htm
Piante uniche nel loro genere, con dieci, venti, trenta e più anni di seria coltivazione, vengono utilizzate per aumentare l´effetto scenografico di un´opera a verde, per dare forza ad un ambiente di rappresentanza, per restaurare un giardino storico o un viale, per arricchire un giardino esistente.
In certi casi "un esemplare può fare un giardino".
If your answer is selected, you are sometimes (used to be always, but doesn't seem to be any more) invited to enter it and add it to your own glossary.
Hi Rachel, I had already entered this term in the glossary when I closed the question, so I don't know why the system prompted you to do so, too...however, I don't know what plant it is, it is some kind of ornamental plant for - a show! thanks for your help
Hi Claudia, I didn't change your entry, I just "glossed" the term specimen plant when invited to do so. However, maybe show plant is better - more context would help to decide it - what kind of plant are they talking about, what type of document is it?
Thanks to all the contributors, very interesting answers. In fact, I added Mr Murray's option to the glossary because I think it would also work, in context
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exemplary plant
Explanation: Significa che non è una pianta giovane ma che ha diversi anni ed è di i grandi dimensioni ed è di effetto in un giardino
exemplary plant ha circa 4.600 hits
Piante esemplari Piante MATI
Gioielli per giardini
Sono l´essenza del nostro lavoro, frutto di anni ed anni di cure ed attenzioni per rendere sicuro il loro trapianto e veloce la loro crescita.
Piante uniche nel loro genere, con dieci, venti, trenta e più anni di seria coltivazione, vengono utilizzate per aumentare l´effetto scenografico di un´opera a verde, per dare forza ad un ambiente di rappresentanza, per restaurare un giardino storico o un viale, per arricchire un giardino esistente.
In certi casi "un esemplare può fare un giardino".
In certi casi "un esemplare può fare un giardino".
Nei nostri vivai potrete ammirare una vasta collezione di alberi esemplari, frutto di quattro generazioni di coltivazioni: Tigli, Querce, Faggi e Frassini; Abeti, Cedri, Pini e Sequoie; Magnolie, Olivi, Gingko e tante altre piante di grandi dimensioni pronte per essere posate nel vostro giardino.
Explanation: In home gardening I believe the idiom is a 'show plant.' They are 'exemplary' but are just not called that as far as I know.
What is a show plant?
"A show plant is any clean, well groomed, healthy, mature plant Size is not always a consideration, not all begonias grow to a large size. As long as the plant is reasonably symmetrical and healthy it can be a show plant."
[web source]
Other online example sentences:
"It will normally be about 12 inches across, although show plants are often much larger."
"Every Aponogeton ulvaceous grew into a show plant."
Example sentence(s):
It is very slow growing but easy to care for indoor/outdoor show plant. [web source]
In my garden my show plants are getting spoiled by black ants ? [web source]
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Da come scrivono qui mi pare intendano anche pianta ben formata/adulta.
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Per esempio da spostare facilmente e quindi trapiantare anche già adulta dal vivaio al nostro giardino. Con pochi problemi per attecchimento nel nuovo sito.
O ho troppa fantasia?
Giuseppe Bellone Italy Local time: 05:24 Specializes in field Native speaker of: Italian
Explanation: Big Plant Nursery Ltd. Phyllostachys
It is hardy outside in the U.K. but needs a warm sheltered garden to ... It is excellent as a specimen plant due to its striking appearance and open canopy. ... www.bigplantsonline.co.uk/acatalog/Phyllostachys.html
BBC - Gardening: Plant Finder - Black bamboo
A striking bamboo to use as a specimen plant, this naturally forms a dramatic tall, ... Society has given it its prestigious Award of Garden Merit (AGM). ... www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/.../650.shtml
Garden House Nurseries
Suitable small gardens for hedging or pots. Forms dense clump doesn't run. ... Plant in mixed borders or as a specimen plant. Doesn't run. ... www.gardenhousenursery.co.uk/htmfile/bamblist.htm -
What is a specimen plant?
A specimen is an ornamental plant that serves as a focal point in a garden, lawn, or indoor landscape. Specimens are most often isolated in an open space rather than being grouped in a bed. Sculptural elements, woody trunks, age, size, and unusual bends are some of the many characteristics that a specimen plant may have.
I would say that a "show plant" is one grown for presenting in a flower show, though -
Crazy about cacti and succulents - Google Books Result
Ray Rogers - 2006 - Gardening - 119 pages
Why should I bother to grow a show plant, especially when there's no show nearby to compete in? What is a show plant, anyway? What's in it for me? Of course, competing in a show can win you a ribbon or two, or, if you keep at it for more than a few ...
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=1889538728...
Growing for Showing - Brad's Begonia World
What is a show plant? A show plant is any clean, well groomed, healthy, mature plant Size is not always a consideration, not all begonias grow to a large ... www.bradsbegoniaworld.com/show.htm
Piante uniche nel loro genere, con dieci, venti, trenta e più anni di seria coltivazione, vengono utilizzate per aumentare l´effetto scenografico di un´opera a verde, per dare forza ad un ambiente di rappresentanza, per restaurare un giardino storico o un viale, per arricchire un giardino esistente.
In certi casi "un esemplare può fare un giardino".
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