Sustainable landscaping proposes system that cut energy consumption , minimise the carbon footmark . The possibleness of replacing the traditional lawn with an ornamental hayfield compose of spontaneous , native , and non - aboriginal vegetation nominate one of the most beneficial design opportunities for the surround . These system require less investment in maintenance by reduce the get-up-and-go involved in the periodic mowing of the locoweed , its fecundation , and watering . In addition , this form of environment increases the supplying of food and provides shelter for insect and small animate being , favoring biodiversity .
In Argentina , this topic give a new line of inquiry in which spontaneous botany is being contemplate , and plant with ornamental potential are selected . Some of the species selected so far were Baccharis dracunculifolia , Schizachyrium condensatum , Nassella melanosperma , Agrostis montevidensis , Centaurea nigrescens and Setaria parviflora . Among the studies carried out , Verónica Bugallo and Gabriela Facciuto of Instituto de Floricultura , INTA , break down the possibility of intimate and vegetative generation and phenotypical aspects and pioneer Genetic Improvement study .
In addition , they redact some plots implant among the spontaneous vegetation , native species , and INTA varieties . Among the Argentinean plants evaluate were Salvia coccinea , S. cardiophylla , S. pallida , S. uliginosa , two species of Gomphrena sp . and , among the varieties , Glandularia " Alba INTA " , G. " Extrema Roja INTA " , Nierembergia " Yvoti Blanca INTA " and N. " Yvoti Lila INTA . "
Selected grasses are also being studied in the spontaneous meadow and during collecting head trip in various provinces of Argentina , some of them are Melinis repens , Stapfochloa elata , Eustachys distichophylla , Agrostis montevidensis , and Deyeuxia viridiflavescens , which stand out for their flashy inflorescences .
The work carried out in this first stage of inquiry will cater information on some of the spontaneous species that would already be accommodate to this type of arrangement and on the possibility of including some of the cloth that are already available on the market . These investigation spread out up a new range of possibility to tender , in the future , to consumer and landscapers .
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