flower-beds

Planted garden sections

Flower-beds are cultivated plots of ground where flowers are grown, typically in gardens or landscaped areas.

The term emphasizes the bed as a defined space set aside for ornamental planting: She spent the morning weeding the flower-beds.

Also spelled as one word or two: flowerbed, flower bed.

plants

roses

Thorny flowering shrubs

geraniums · pansies · begonias · dahlias · chrysanthemums · lavender · salvia · zinnias · snapdragons · daffodils

gardening

borders

Lines separating regions

perennials · planting · weeding · soil · compost · bulbs · deadheading · spacing · fertilizer · trowel

design

layout

Spatial arrangement of elements

focal point · symmetry · curves · geometric · raised beds · formal · informal · layering · color blocking · companion planting

location

front yard

Ground before a house

botanical garden · courtyard · public garden · cemetery · memorial · palace grounds · municipal · roadside · traffic island · plaza

Opposites
cultivation/wildness

flower-bedswilderness

Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region

weeds · scrubland · overgrown lots · wildflower fields · natural habitat

ornamental vs. functional land use

flower-bedskitchen gardens

Home vegetable cultivation areas

farmland · parking lots · pavement · concrete · asphalt

landscape type

flower-bedsconcrete slabs

Flat hardened cement pieces

asphalt · pavement · parking lots · wasteland · vegetable gardens

Family

flowerbed

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G