Cypress and Palm: The Vertical Stroke

Tall, slender trees in the courtyard. Several cypress or palm trees are planted in pairs or rows along the axes, with slender, straight forms that contrast with the horizontal water channels and paving; they do not provide much shade, serving instead to mark positions and measure height. Avoid: planting them scattered as naturalistic clumps, planting them in arbitrary positions off the axis, allowing their canopies to spread and obscure the building facade, or mixing them with other tree species that disrupt the vertical rhythm.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

庭院裡的高瘦喬木。幾棵柏樹或棕櫚成對或成列種在軸線兩側,樹形細長筆直,與水平的水渠和鋪面形成對比;它們不提供太多陰影,作用是標出位置與量出高度。避免:把它們散種成自然式的樹叢、種在軸線之外的隨意位置、樹冠開展遮住建築立面、與其他樹種混種破壞垂直的節奏。