Application of decorative forms of fruit trees in landscape architecture

Nowadays one of the priority urban tasks is to ensure the harmonious development of a man in the urban environment. This task is impossible without some elements of nature. The main element of natural environment in the city is vegetation, especially wood. A special place among woody plants belongs to fruit trees, especially their decorative forms. The application of decorative forms of fruit trees is a new trend in landscape architecture. There are many ways of using fruit not only to gather fruit, but also to plant them in decorative parks, orchards, public and decorative gardens. Fruit trees have a great variety of species that can be used in many planting technologies. The advantages of this kind of gardening are aesthetic qualities, environmental friendliness and economy. The most common culture of fruit is an apple tree. The main commonly used kind of apple tree is a domesticated apple. Also there are varieties and hybrids of pearleaf apple, dwarf apple and apple tree Malus. The most suitable for the decorative use are summer, autumn and winter varieties. The peculiarity of these crops is their high decorative quality, unpretentiousness and adaptation for our conditions, without loss of their decorative qualities.