What are the common landscape plants in Dubai?

When thinking of Dubai, many people may think of tall buildings with strange shapes, various luxury hotels and entertainment projects. But after living in Dubai for a long time, you will find that those are just gimmicks to attract tourists. Life in Dubai is very simple, and many places seem to be less prosperous than domestic first-tier cities. There are also many people who think that the Middle East is a big desert. What landscape plants are there? But in fact, the green plants in the city center are still quite lush. Desert residents managed to plant an oasis in such a bad climate. I actually prefer the scenery of Abu Dhabi to Dubai. Abu Dhabi City Council is a place that people love and hate. What I love is that it has a set of perfect design standards, including ecological environment protection requirements, landscape tree coverage, irrigation water requirements, the scale of various landscape design elements, use requirements and so on. If anyone is interested, I can write these standards in detail in a later article. Because of such standards, projects in Abu Dhabi often encounter repeated retreats. As long as there is any place that is not up to standard or the approver has doubts, it needs to be returned, which sometimes seriously slows down the progress of the project and makes people love and hate it.

This kind of black water pipe is often used for landscape irrigation in UAE, and it will seep water for irrigation at specified time to save water:

The irrigation of trees is like this (in fact, there are better irrigation methods now, but they are not widely used because of the high price):

Before that, I dug a hole around the tree and poured water into it. I still use this kind in Al Ain, which is quite water-consuming:

The water used for irrigation here is treated sewage. Because of this irrigation saving method, some plants with high water demand can also be planted in these cities.

Besides, you can see many plants in South China here, which often makes me feel as if I am still in Guangzhou.

Plants that grow well in the Middle East are:

1. Trees:

silk tree

Neem tree (neem tree)

Bauhinia/purple/variegated flowers.

Callistemon viminalis (string money willow)

royal poinciana

Ficus altissima (Ficus altissima is the most commonly used, often used as a street tree, and other Ficus altissima, Ficus indica, Ficus tenuifolia, etc. are also planted)

peltophorum pterocarpum

There are also some local tree species:

Alumen (Alumen, a protected tree, needs to be kept intact or transplanted nearby if it exists in the project site, and it is not allowed to be cut down).

Acacia arabica (a kind of acacia with a small crown and not used as a street tree)

2. Shrubs

Atriplex (Atriplex Mediterranean, a silver-gray plant, looks good)

Bougainvillea of various colors is often used as a shrub;

Clerodendrum bungeanum (a shrub with 15 Kulang trees adapted to the local climate)

Zhu Jin (Furong)

Tecoma smithii (Tecoma stans, Tecoma capensis) is often used as colorful decorations. Plants can grow to one person's height and have a long flowering period.

Peruvian oleander (tall and dense, can be used as a hedge)

3. Ground cover plants

Catharanthus roseus (Catharanthus roseus is often used for reading glasses, but it has not been planted for a long time and is often replaced)

Rhoeo discolor (purple-backed evergreen, growing well, but it needs to be used in places where the sun is not too strong, otherwise it will soon die)

salsola collina

Hippocampal tooth

This is a lovely succulent plant, which is easy to grow and fast, and is widely used in various parks and green belts.

dayflower

This kind is also very common in South China, and it is also planted in Dubai, but it needs to be used in places where the sun is not too strong, otherwise it will die quickly.

Wedelia trilobata

This is also a very good ground cover plant, which can often be seen in parks in Guangzhou.

4. succulents

When it comes to plants in the desert, of course, it is all kinds of succulents. All kinds of cacti are planted here. However, in the actual landscape engineering, cactus is not allowed to be planted on the sidewalk for safety reasons. The following are some common landscape plants:

Adenium obesum desert rose, with large flowers and long flowering period, can grow to one person's height and thick branches, which is very desert-like.

Agave is a common plant to create desert landscape, and the common plants are agave and American agave.

Aloe Aloe, which is the kind of aloe we usually see in various skin care products, is also widely planted here.

Huweilan, the common name of this plant is mother-in-law's tongue. Comparing the shapes of plants, I don't know whether my mother-in-law is gossip or her tongue is too poisonous, which is also very funny. ...

5. Landscape grass

Cyprus Cyperus alterniflora and Cyperus alterniflora are often used for water features.

Pennisetum rubrum

Pennisetum

These two kinds of Pennisetum are often used in coastal landscape, which has a soft and light aesthetic feeling. The disadvantage is that close planting is needed to achieve this effect, and the cost is high.

6. Palm

Usually people think of palm trees when they think of Dubai's seaside scenery. Indeed, palm trees seem to have become a characteristic tree species in the desert. However, in fact, the primitive desert environment is not suitable for the growth of palm trees. Most of them need a lot of water and are not easy to grow. The price of big palm trees is 3-4 times that of ordinary trees. Here are some commonly used tree species:

Phoenix date palm, which is also a kind of tree that produces date palm. Most palm trees here belong to this species. Dates ripen in September and taste sweet and waxy. Some people like it, but it's a little too tired for me.

In addition, the following are commonly used:

Zhu bawang brown

Royal king brown

Washington silk sunflower

Anemone breviauricula

Brown bamboo (used as a shrub)

Big pear tree (used as a shrub)

Cycas (used as shrubs)

Cycas (used as shrubs)

Cycas (used as shrubs)

The above are some brief introductions of landscape plants in Dubai. In fact, there are many kinds of landscape plants here, and many plants in South China can grow here. Here are some plants that grow well and are widely planted here for your reference.