Understanding Horticulture(Part B)

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Ornamental Horticulture

- Can be divided into two groups:

Floriculture Landscape

Horticulture

To Understand Horticulture…

First we need to know that each ofthe groups use FOLIAGE PLANTS.

What are Foliage Plants?- Foliage plants are plants that are used because of their colorful leaves

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These are all foliage plants

Answer the following question:

What are Foliage Plants?

a) plants with pretty flowers

b) plants with colorful leaves

c) ornamental trees

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Foliage plants are plants that are used because of their colorful leaves.

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FLORICULTURE…

What is Floriculture?Click the icon to see more.

- Floriculture includes cut flowers, potted plants, and bedding plants

This is Floriculture:

Bedding Plants

PottedPlants

CutFlowers

FLORICULTURE…cont.

Floriculture is also known as…

- Growing

- Delivering

- Using flowering plants

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TRUE -or- FALSE

Floriculture is also known as growing, delivering, and using flowering plants.

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Floriculture is also known as growing,

delivering, and using flowering plants.

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LANDSCAPE HORTICULTURE…

What is Landscape Horticulture?

- Landscape Horticulture is the growing and use of plants to make a scenery more enjoyable.

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It can make the scenery more enjoyable:

In your back yard…

…Or in the city.

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What is Landscape Horticulture?

A) Using plants to make a flower arrangement

B) the growing and use of plants to make a scenery more enjoyable.

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B) the growing and use of plants to make a scenery more enjoyable.

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A Nursery…

In Landscape Horticulture we use what is called a Nursery.

A Nursery is a place which starts the growing stages of plants, shrubs, and small trees. Click on one of the icons to see more.

This is an example of a plant nursery:

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What is a nursery?

A) A place where

little kids go

B) place which starts the growing stages of plants, shrubs, and trees.

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A Nursery is a place that starts the growing stages of plants, shrubs and small trees!!!

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You have completed parts A and B in this lesson on Understanding

Horticulture!

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Question 1

• What is the definition of horticulture?

a. The building of plants

b. The culture of plants

c. The construction of plants

Question 2

What is another word for studying plants?

a. production b. botany c. technology

Question 3

What is another word for gardening?

a. production b. botany c. technology

Question 4

What is another word for tools?

a. Production b. Botany c. Technology

Question 5

What are Foliage Plants?

a) Plants with pretty flowers

b) Plants with colorful leaves

c) Ornamental trees

Question 6

Is the following statement true or false?

Floriculture is also known as growing, delivering, and using flowering plants.

A. True

B. False

Question 7

What is Landscape Horticulture?

A) Using plants to make a flower arrangement

B) The growing and use of plants to make a scenery more enjoyable.

Question 8

What is a nursery?

A) A place where

little kids go

B) place which starts the growing stages of plants, shrubs, and trees.

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