INTRO TO HORTICULTURE

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INTRO TO HORTICULTURE

• Chapter 18
• Nursery Production and Installation

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Expected outcomes

• How to locate a nursery
• Categories of plants produced
• Difference between containers and field grown
• Principles of designing a flower garden
• How to install plants, trees, shrubs, etc
• Maintenance of these plants

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Hardscaping

• Installation of hard or static features in a
  landscape
• Night-lighting use of light during the evening
  hours

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Preplant considerations

• Terrain
• Drainage
• Subsurface irrigation
• Soil fertility

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Nursery production

• Grow the correct plants for the area
• Supply healthy plants
• Supply hardgood materials
• Deliver plants and hardgoods

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Location of a nursery

• Climate
• Temperature
• Rainfall
• Wind
• Light
• Air pollution
• Soil fertility, texture, structure
• Drainage
• Topography

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Types of nursery production

• Containers
• Field
• Bare root
• Ball and burlapped
• Retail

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Types of plants grown in nurseries

• Bedding plants
• Ground covers and ornamental grasses
• Trees and shrubs
• Bulbs, corms, tubers, and rhizomes

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summary

• The growing of many different types of plants is
  always in demand.
• As people want to create an outdoor room, they
  want many different types of plants