Vol. 10 (4) : July-August 2019 issue
Green Farming Vol. 10 (4) : 510-513 ; July-August, 2019
Performance of ornamental monocot plants for indoor and outdoor vertical gardening
NEHA GRACE ANGEL KISKU1*, URFI FATMI2 and DEVI SINGH3
Department of Horticulture, Naini Agricultural Institute (NAI), Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj - 211 007 (Uttar Pradesh)
Designation : 1P.G. Student *(grace.neha11@gmail.com), 2,3Assistant Professor
Subject : Horticulture (Spices, Ornamental & Plantation Crops, Floriculture and Landscape Architecture etc.)
Paper No. : P-7658
Total Pages : 4
Received : 26 June 2019
Revised accepted : 03 July 2019
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Citation :
NEHA GRACE ANGEL KISKU, URFI FATMI and DEVI SINGH. 2019. Performance of ornamental monocot plants for indoor and outdoor vertical gardening. Green Farming Vol. 10 (4) : 510-513 ; July-August, 2019
ABSTRACT
This paper presents a study about vertical garden as one of the most popular greenery systems in the modern era. The aim of this research is to study the performance of ornamental plants in indoor and outdoor vertical garden. Ornamental plants not only add to the aesthetic sense of the place but also help in making the space eco-friendly. Eight ornamental monocot plants that are full sun to partial shade to shade loving were taken – (M1) Purple Heart (Tradescantia pallida), (M2) Wandering Jew (Tradescantia jebrina),(M3) Mondo grass (Ophiopogon japonicus),(M4) Spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum),(M5) Moses-in-the-cradle (Tradescantia spathaceace), (M6) Asparagus fern (Asparagus densifolus),(M7) Arrowhead (Syngonium podophyllum 'Cream Allusion'),(M8) Black Arrowhead (Syngonium wendlandii). Temperature during the experiment was 46-47?C in outdoor conditions whereas in indoor condition it was reduced to 4-5?C. Light Intensity was reduced to 70-80% in indoor condition; relative humidity indoors was 30-40% more. M2 and M4 plant grew well in outdoor conditions. While in indoor conditions M3 and M4 thrived well.
Key words :
Indoor, Monocot plants, Ornamental, Outdoor, Vertical garden.