A Study on the Usage Possibility of Some Herbaceous Plant Species Naturally Growing in Denizli-Honaz Mountain and its Environment as Ornamental Plant

It is possible to see the use of ornamental purposes of natural plant species throughout Mesopotamia, Egypt, Rome, Maya, Islam, Turkish-Islamic, Renaissance, New and Near-Age civilizations. Nowadays, within the scope of plant breeding studies, the rich plant diversity of Turkey should be evaulated well. At this point, the use of natural plants as ornamental plants in the direction of their functional and aesthetic characteristics will provide ecological, aesthetic, functional and economic advantages. In this study, it is aimed to determine the usage possibilities of herbaceous plant species that grow naturally in Honaz Mountain and its surroundings by taking the culture as an ornamental plant. In this direction, 12 species belonging to 8 families, which are important from the functional and aesthetic point of view, have been determined from the evaluation of the plant samples collected from the field studies of Honaz Mountain and its surroundings. The habitus of the plants which are able to use as ornamental plants from the determined species, information about the ecological desires and the usage areas as ornamental plants are given