In order to understand the used plant types and public preferences of the green wall in Hangzhou urban area,and the key factors for the selection and configuration of green wall plants,through onthe-spot investigation,the mapping and analysis of 11 plant green walls in Hangzhou urban area were carried out.At the same time,the scenic beauty evaluation was used to analyze the correlation between beauty and landscape elements. The results showed that there were 39 species of common plants in the urban green wall of Hangzhou,including 23 families and 34 genera.Among them,the plants of Araceae were most widely used,and the green plants were the main ones,and the public beauty evaluation of the plant configuration was carried out,constructing a green wall plant landscape beauty evaluation model:SBE=-3.419+0.065X₂ +0.094X₃+0.105X₄+0.063X₇+0.746X₉+0.039X₁₀,which indicates that the life form(X₂),growth status(X₃),plant coverage(X₄),leaf color(X₇),leaf density(X₉),and overall coordination(X₁₀) are related factors that affect the public visual aesthetic preference of vertical greening plant landscapes.