PLSC133 Lecture 2: Ornamental Horticulture 133
12 Feb 2017
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From latin: hortus (garden, colere (to cultivate) Part of the pla(cid:374)t agri(cid:272)ulture (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)er(cid:374)ed (cid:449)ith (cid:862)garde(cid:374) (cid:272)rops(cid:863) Other plant agriculture includes: agronomy- field crops (grains and forages) and soils, forestry- forest trees and products. Horticulture includes fruits, nuts, vegetables, ornamentals, spices and medicinal plants. Horticulture divided into: pomology (fruits and nuts, olericultures (vegetables, ornamentals- aesthetic/amenity crops. Floriculture- greenhouse grown plants (cut flowers, potted flowering, and foliage, bedding plants) Ornamental plants: egyptians purposely looked for ornamental plants. Written and drawn history prove evidence that this category of plants were used for landscaping outside temples: the greeks also used these plants. Would come back in with their ships filled with plants: up to the 14th century ornamental plants were used for landscaping. Combined in the landscape: during the renaissance period this began to change, during the 18th century people began to increase their interest in ornamental plants. Traveled to europe to bring back new plants.
