“…Plants provide many benefits such as reducing air pollution, regulating micro-climate, providing habitat for wild animals, carbon sequestration, energy saving, reducing noise, erosion control, making positive contributions to urban aesthetics, and creating space (Önder & Akbulut, 2011;Sakıcı, Karakaş & Kesimoğlu, 2013;Yılmaz, Düzenli & Dinçer, 2017;Düzenli, Yılmaz & Tarakçı Eren, 2018;Eren, 2019;Gülçin & Van Den Bosch, 2021;Karaşah, 2021). However, despite all these benefits, it was seen that many plant species used in open and green spaces designed today are mostly chosen by keeping their form, color, and aesthetic features in the foreground (Bayramoğlu & Şatıroğlu, 2018;Sarı & Karaşah, 2018). The aim of planting design should be to create aesthetic and functional uses for users.…”