specimen plant

noun

, Horticulture.

1. a plant grown by itself for ornamental effect, rather than being massed with others in a bed or border.

Example Sentences

Pittosporum tobira ‘Turner’s Variegated Dwarf’ makes for a good low hedge or specimen plant, with its yellow-margined leaves and compact habit.

From Seattle Times

The specimen plant has no chance of displaying itself under such conditions.

From Project Gutenberg

Some of the palms and ferns were extremely beautiful, and so well grown that each might have been a specimen plant in a greenhouse.

From Project Gutenberg

An excellent specimen plant when grouped with other evergreens on the lawn.

From Project Gutenberg

It is more suitable as an isolated specimen plant than for the border.

From Project Gutenberg