Adjective The garden has many ornamental shrubs. the trim on Victorian houses is sometimes elaborately ornamentalNoun The garden has many beautiful ornamentals. a collection of fragile ornamentals kept in a glass cabinet
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Adjective
Choose ornamental grasses, berry shrubs, sedum, or any conifer for texture. Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2022 An arrangement of ornamental grasses, flowering phlox and fothergilla, winterberry and evergreen shrubs create a sense of privacy while delivering four seasons of color and texture. Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2022 In a state where every drop of water counts, ornamental grass – which accounts for a large percentage of outdoor water use – has been banned in Southern Nevada.CBS News, 4 Aug. 2022 Newer homes can be designed with a false dormer—a purely ornamental feature with no interior space—or strategically placed on a full-size top floor. Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2022 The house shares the large corner lot with a detached garage, carport and workshop surrounded by privacy hedges, mature fruit trees and bushes as well as native and ornamental plants.oregonlive, 24 Aug. 2022 Selnick is an Air Force veteran, and Turgeon is a utility lineman and an ornamental horticulturalist. Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2022 Shakeeva’s self-portrait wreathes her face with birds and flowers, while Smitchkova centers peacocks and orange trees behind an open blue door flanked by ornamental tiles. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2022 Mute swans were introduced in Indiana from Europe as an ornamental species. Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Mar. 2021
Noun
Twelve years later, Bennett and her team have designed around 200 gardens, all of which integrate the ornamental with the edible. Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor, 13 June 2022 There are lots of varieties, some ornamental and others edible. Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2022 The only species that was unmolested was Japanese maple, an exotic ornamental that came to represent one-quarter of the forest’s inventory.Washington Post, 7 July 2021 An unnamed elephant ear is most likely to be Colocasia esculenta, the food plant taro, which also makes an impressive ornamental. Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 17 May 2021 This looks like Parney cotoneaster (Cotoneaster lacteus), a native of China used as an ornamental.oregonlive, 27 Dec. 2020 Deep green, textured foliage makes this variety an excellent ornamental for arbors or training against a wall. Earl Nickel, SFChronicle.com, 7 Aug. 2020 Fruit pruning doesn’t follow the rules for ornamentals. Margaret Roach, New York Times, 5 May 2020 Forsythia shrubs are beginning to provide a golden display in Northern Ohio, Pieras is in full flower and other ornamentals seem prepared to bloom at the first sign of warm weather.cleveland, 27 Mar. 2020 See More