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Specimen Plants

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Christmas holly trees

With its bright red berries, holly serves as a specimen plant in winter.

David Beaulieu
Definition: Specimen plants are plants grown by themselves in a lawn or garden for ornamental effect, rather than being massed with others as are bedding plants or edging plants. Specimen plants can thus serve as focal points in landscape design. An example of a specimen plant is a flowering tree that has a prominent spot reserved for it on a lawn.
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