ARCHINTOO.com – In order not to look stiff minimalist garden, to plant selection. Plants that light, not dense, and has a regular branch, suitable for this kind of minimalist garden.

The following plants, characterized by the features mentioned above for the minimalist garden you:


Bambu Buda Belly (Bambusa tuldoides ‘Ventricosa’)

Stems grooved shape such as the stomach, so named after the stomach. Often used as a main crop (main crop) by accentuating the curve of the trunk. Bamboo from China reached a height of 17 meters. When grown in nutrient-poor conditions, then the distance is shortened and the stem will antarbuku grooved.

Mimosa Silver (Acacia podalyriifolia)

Originally from Malaysia and other countries in Asia. Widely grown in Australia, so the name is generally the Queensland Silver Wattle. In Indonesia because interest rates are intended to be a princess like shy mimosa (Mimosa pudical), often planted as a screen wall and softener. Leaves white (silver), grown throughout the year, and ibiakkan with grafts or seed.

Tabebuia (Tabebuia aurea)

Bignoniaceae family up to 7 meters high. Yellow flowers in unison, during the flowering season of transition. Tabebuia slow growth, but the strong trunk. Therefore, the plant is suitable for the minimalist garden need not require much maintenance (pruning). Can be planted with the graft.

In addition to the above ingredients, you can also decorate a minimalist garden with shrubs and bushes. This plant can be used as a filler plant or garden border. Here are a kind suitable for the minimalist garden:

Carrubean Copper Plant (Euphorbia cotinifolia)

It is often assumed to be a tree because of the high level reached 3 meters. Meanwhile, botanists classify them as high-bush because the stems are not woody. This plant is one species of the genus Euphorbia with red gummy leaves and milk.

Siklok (Agave attenuata)
Members of the family has 166 species of Agaveceae. Attenuata including one type that is often used for garden plants. Slightly oval-shaped leaves with a strong base of the stem and whitish green, prickly edges do not leave. This plant is heat resistant and dry.

Iris (Iris pseudacorus)

Yellow flowers with a ribbon-shaped green leaves. Iridaceae family is from Europe and Asia. Grows in moist soil and can not stand dry. Can serve as a barrier or minimalist garden filler. There also are planted in pots.

Nanas Hias (Ananas comosus)

Nanasan pineapple family (Bromeliaceae) is a single species with a pineapple fruit, but a different variant. Pineapple decor pineapple, but small in size. Hold the hot and dry, usually grown as an accent coupled with hard materials such as stone or cement.

Melati Air (Echinodorus phalaefolius)

Family Alismataceae, white flowers such as jasmine, arranged in long flower stalks. Leaf width, surface rough. Not only grows in ponds, water jasmine is often grown in pots. To plant it, pot holes so that the media between the wet and muddy.

Dracena tricolor

Picture is the same as the Song of Jamaica, leaving only a more tapered shape. Each strand consists of three colors, ie brown, red and green. Tricolor used for key crops on the edge of the garden gate. Sometimes combined with the green Dracaena.

Bawang Brojol (Zephyranthes grandiflora)

Known as “Rain Lily”, if such a simultaneous flowering rain lily. Shaped like a lily, though small. Cultured with tubers, flowering throughout the year with special treatment and direct sunlight and dry enyukai. Sources Kompas.com