They clean the air of particulates while they consume carbon dioxide and produce oxygen. Plants buffer and reduce noise pollution, control traffic, and provide security. Plants can provide windbreaks, and if strategically placed can actually be a crash buffer. Plants provide shade and buffer high and low temperatures through transpiration and by blocking solar radiation. Plants can prevent soil erosion, they can frame a view, or screen an eyesore.
Plants provide beauty, fragrance, food, and wildlife habitat.
Landscaping can increase your property value and the value will continue to increase as the plants grow. This site was developed for the Arizona Cooperative Extension , College of Agriculture , The University of Arizona . The University of Arizona. All contents copyrighted. All rights reserved.