Common forms of green belts

1. Hedge-based green belt

Highway green belt

a. Hedges on both sides, in the middle of large flowering shrubs and evergreen pines and cypresses, palms or hostas. This form of greening effect is more obvious, green volume, colorful, height changes. The disadvantage is that the pruning management workload, management is not in place or the corner of the intersection is not handled well, will affect the driver's line of sight.

b. Both sides of the hedge, the center is a hosta and small flowering shrubs or grasses planted. Colorful, height change is not as obvious as the previous type, pruning workload, no impact on the driver's line of sight.

c. One-sided hedge (mostly on the slow lane side) and hosta flowers, lawn combinations, hedges are straight or curved, the form is more innovative.

2. lawn-based green belt (suitable for the width of 2.4 meters above the green belt) a lawn planted on the persistent flowers or trees, can also be planted flowering shrubs. Another is mainly lawn, lawn layout of a small number of flowers and small shrubs, can be natural or simple pattern.

3. tree-based green belt which should be strongly advocated in the form of green belt planting, the largest amount of green, the most obvious environmental benefits, the trunk height of 3.5 meters or more, without any impact on the traffic, the tree can be planted under the shade tolerant lawn and flowers, landscaping effect is obvious, especially suitable for wide urban roads.

In general, the construction of green belts should be adapted to local conditions, taking into account the location of the road in urban planning and the characteristics of the surrounding buildings, well-designed to achieve the organization of traffic, beautify the city, improve the environment