Herbaceous plants and geophytes.

This chapter focuses on the distinguishing features of both herbaceous plants and geophytes, different spatial arrangements used to plant herbaceous specimens in contemporary landscapes, the importance of factors that contribute to plant robustness or resilience when selecting herbaceous and geophyte genotypes and susceptibility of many herbaceous plants to mollusc damage. The different plant/pot sizes that might be used in a contracted planting of herbaceous species, ideal soil conditions for planting herbaceous species and geophytes and the importance of controlling weeds in herbaceous plant communities are also discussed.