ornamental plants

Landscaping aesthetic additions

Ornamental plants are grown for their appearance rather than for food, medicine, or other practical uses.

Gardens, parks, and landscapes feature ornamental plants chosen for attractive flowers, foliage, or form: The nursery specializes in ornamental plants for shade gardens.

The category includes flowering shrubs, decorative grasses, and specimen trees valued purely for visual appeal.

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Categories
Opposites
purpose/function

ornamental plantsfood crops

Plants cultivated for consumption

vegetables · edible plants · fruit trees · culinary herbs · staple crops

cultivation status

ornamental plantswild plants

Uncultivated vegetation

weeds · native plants · invasive species · natural vegetation · noxious weeds

economic value type

ornamental plantscommercial agriculture

Profit-driven large-scale farming

subsistence farming · cash crops

Family

plant, ornament, planting, ornamental

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G