The study selected and investigated several representative park green spaces and road green spaces in Changsha city. The results showed that there were 87 species of herbaceous flowers, belonging to 37 families and 73 genera applied in park green spaces and road green spaces in Changsha. Families and genera applied covered a wide range and 66.7% were perennial species. The commonest forms of herbaceous flowers were flower bed, raised flower bed and flower border. Four development suggestions for the landscape application of herbaceous flowers i...