2. Today’s Plan Hand Back Quizzes Plant of the Day Match them Up
Introduction to Plant Science
Wisconsin imprint
Magic Squares

3. #2 Coleus Coleus X hybridus Life Cycle: Annual
Light: Sun to Light Shade-color determined by sun
Soil: Moist, Well Drained
Prop: Seeds, Cuttings
Pests: Leaf Spots, Mealybugs, Mites, Aphids, White Fly
Use: Colorful Foliage, (spike-like flower), Edging Borders, Baskets
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5. Liberty Hyde Bailey “Father of American Horticulture”
“25” year plan
1: educate yourself
2: public service/employment
3: retirement

6. Horticulture Word first used in 1600’s Comes from two Latin words
Hortus “Garden”
Cultura “Cultivation”
Horticulture means “cultivated garden” or “culture of garden plants”
NOW MANY more “branches”…. TPS

7. Life Sciences
Biology is the branch of science that deals with both plant and animal organisms and life processes.
Zoology is the part of biology that deals with animals.
Botany is the part of biology that deals with plants.

8. Horticulture
The science and practice of growing, processing and marketing fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants.

9. Agronomy
The science and practice of growing field crops such as cotton, wheat, tobacco, corn and soybeans.

10. Branches of Horticulture
Olericulture
Study and growing of vegetables
Pomology
Study and growing of fruits and nuts
Viticulture – Producing grapes and grape products

11. Branches of Horticulture
Viticulture
The growing and study of grapes or vines.
Floriculture
The growing and study of flowers.

12. Branches of Horticulture
Greenhouse Management
The growing and study of plants in greenhouses.
Turfgrass Management
The growing and study of turfgrasses. This includes home, municipal, and commercial lawns; sports turf maintenance; highway rights-of-way; and seed and sod production.

13. Branches of Horticulture
Nursery Management
The growing and study of trees and shrubs that are produced primarily for landscape purposes.
Arboriculture
The growing and study of trees.
Known as silviculture in forestry.
Synonymous with urban forestry.

14. Branches of Horticulture
Landscape Horticulture
The application of design and horticultural principles to placement and care of plants in the landscape.
Interiorscaping
The application of design and horticultural principles to placement and care of plants in indoor environments.

15. Branches of Horticulture
Horticultural Therapy
The use of horticultural plants and methods as therapeutic tools with disabled and disadvantaged people.

16. Discuss with the people around you which branch of horticulture would be the best fit for you and why – be able to provide evidence to prove your point
Discuss expectations for discussion during this time, expectations for providing reasoning (3-5 evidence pieces and compare/contrast to other alternatives) and that careers in horticulture are varied and wide and we will come back to them often.