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Specimen Shrubs:Similar in importance to specimen trees, these shrubs are usually large and bold in character. They show offduring one or more seasons with flowers, leaf color, and/or fruit. They usually occupy an important and significantamount of space within the planting design.Foil Planting:These plantings can consist of trees, shrubs, or a combination of both. The main purpose of a foil planting is toprovide a background against which an important design element esuch as a monument, sign, or specimen tree,can be displayed effectively. When foil plantings are used in conjunction with a specimen plant, the overall designcan be enhanced, by selecting foil plants that will have a showy period when the specimen plant is in a dormant ornon-showy mode.Screening Trees:This group of trees creates a permanent visual screen. They can screen views of undesirable visual elementsseen from the corridor, or they can be used to frame elements in the landscape. Depending on their height thesetrees can screen elements located within or beyond the defined boundaries of the corridor. Screening trees canprovide either a complete or partial screen. The density of the screen depends primarily on the deciduous orevergreen nature of the species.Screening Shrubs:These shrubs perform a function similar to screening trees. However, because of height limitations they are usedprimarily to screen or frame elements adjacent to the roadways.Foundation Plantings:These shrubs and/or ground covers are usually planted at the foundations of Appendixvertical elements in the landscape,such as structures, signs, walls, and fences. Their main purpose is to provide a unifying transition from the groundplane . They vary in height depending on the function of the structural element they are acting as a transition for.Foundation plantings should be low in front of signs and other sight-line sensitive structures. They can be higheragainst elements such as blank walls or high fences.AppendixHighway 99BeautificationMaster PlanLandscape andArchitecturalGuidelinesLandscape and Architectural Guidelines67