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Plant Properties
The properties used to modify a plant are located to the
right of the screen when your plant is selected. Only some of these properties
can be adjusted right before adding the plant to your landscape, but all of the
properties can be adjusted after it has been added. Below is a description of
each available property in the order that they appear in the software.
Plant Properties
Options |
Description |
Plant |
The Plant property determines the type of
plant. To change the plant, click the image that shows the current
plant. |
Plant options |
The appearance of the plant can be modified by
clicking the small button that appears to the right of the plant’s
picture. |
Elevation |
The Elevation property determines the
distance of the plant from the ground. To change the elevation, move the
Elevation slider or type a value in the text field. |
Tilt angle |
The Tilt angle property can be used to
rotate the plant from a vertical to horizontal position. This is useful
for rotating pictures of plants that were taken from above, such as shrubs
and ground cover. |
Flip horizontal |
The Flip horizontal property
determines whether the plant is inverted from left to right. To flip the
picture horizontally, click the Flip horizontal checkbox. Only plant
pictures can be flipped. |
Flip vertical |
The Flip vertical property determines
whether the plant is inverted from top to bottom. To flip the plant
vertically, click the Flip vertical checkbox. Only plant pictures can be
flipped. |
Rotate to face viewer |
The Rotate to face viewer property
determines whether the plant automatically turns to face your view,
regardless how of you look at it. To toggle automatic plant rotation,
click the Rotate to face viewer checkbox. |
Ignore growth limits |
The Ignore growth limits property determines
whether the plant can be enlarged past its maximum size. To toggle this
size limitation, click the Ignore growth limits
checkbox. |
Information |
Description |
Plant names |
The Plant names property displays the common name
of the plant on the first line, and the botanical name of the plant on the
second line. The botanical plant name is displayed in italics.
To change one or both of these names for the
currently selected plant, click the options button on the top-right of
this property and enter the desired names. Or, to create a new plant which
you can use in other landscape designs, To create a new plant based on the
selected plant, click the Create a Custom Plant button. For more
information, see Plant Creation
Wizard. |
Season |
The Season property determines which
seasonal variation of the plant you want to use. You can pick a specific
season, or select Use global season to use the season currently
specified in the environment
settings. This property only applies to UltraRes Plants®. |
Starting age |
The Starting age of the plant determines the
current size of the plant. Note that the starting age does not include any
age added through the Plant Growth
setting. To change the plant’s starting age, move the Starting age slider
or enter a value in the text field. |
Plant growth |
The Plant growth property displays the
current Plant Growth
setting. |
Current age |
The Current age property displays the sum of
the plant’s starting age and the current Plant Growth setting. |
Mature age |
The Mature age property displays the
age at which the plant will reach its mature height. |
Current height |
The Current height property displays the
height of the plant at its current age. |
Mature height |
The Mature height property displays the
height that the plant will reach when it reaches its mature age. |
Planting zones |
The Planting zones property displays the zones that
the plant will thrive in. To view a map of these zones, click Tools
and Plant Hardiness Zones.
Note: Plant hardiness zones do not apply to
annuals. |
Key |
The Key property displays an abbreviation of
the plant’s name. To change the plant key, click the text field.
|
Size |
The Size property displays the size of the
plant when it is planted. To change the size, click the text field.
|
Create a Custom Plant |
The Create a Custom Plant property is used
to create new plant variations based on the currently selected plant. To
create a new plant based on the selected plant, click the Create a Custom
Plant button. For more information, see Plant Creation Wizard.
Note: This option is not available for
UltraRes Plants®. |
Symbol Properties
Options |
Description |
Use default symbol |
The Use default symbol property determines
whether the plant should use the standard symbol or allow you to select
from the symbol library. To toggle the default symbol, click the Use
default symbol checkbox. |
Symbol |
The Symbol property determines the symbol
that is used when displaying the plant in the Plan view. To change the
symbol, click the picture that displays the current plant symbol.
Note: Before the symbol can be changed, the
Use default symbol property must be unchecked.
|
Symbol options |
The appearance of the plant symbol can be modified
by clicking the small button that appears to the right of the plant symbol
image. |
Scale |
The Scale property determines the size of
the symbol relative to the size of the plant. If the scale is set to 50,
then the symbol will be one half of the plant’s size. To change the scale,
move the Scale slider or enter a value in the text field. |
Transparency |
The Transparency property determines the
opacity of the symbol in the Plan view. To change the symbol opacity, move
the Transparency slider or type a value in the text field. Note that the
Transparency property is only available when the Custom appearance in
each view option is checked. |
Symbol width |
The Symbol width property displays the size
of the plant symbol that is displayed in the Plan view. The symbol size is
a factor of the plant’s Starting age and Scale. |
See also:
Adding a Plant Searching for Plants Plant Symbols Selecting Objects Setting Object Properties Editing Objects Editing Materials Setting Plant Growth Plant Label Wizard Adding a Plant Legend
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