Jan 17, 2026 · Horticulture, the branch of plant agriculture dealing with garden crops, generally fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants. As a general term, it covers all forms of garden management, but …

Jan 17, 2026 · Horticulture - Gardening, Landscaping, Plant Care: Ornamental horticulture consists of floriculture and landscape horticulture. Each is concerned with growing and marketing plants and …

Floriculture, branch of ornamental horticulture concerned with growing and marketing flowers and ornamental plants as well as with flower arrangement. Much of the production of flowers and potted …

Nov 22, 2025 · Bishop's cap cactus A nursery growing bishop's cap cactus (Astrophytum myriostigma). Propagation, the controlled perpetuation of plants, is the most basic of horticultural practices. Its two …

horticulture consists of floriculture and landscape horticulture. Each is concerned with growing and marketing plants and with the associated activities of flower arrangement and landscape design.

Dec 24, 2025 · Botany, branch of biology that deals with the study of plants, including their structure, properties, and biochemical processes. The principles and findings of botany have provided the base …

It is common horticultural practice to propagate desirable varieties of garden plants by means of plant fragments, or cuttings. These may be severed leaves or portions of roots or stems, which are …

In horticulture the term budding refers to a method of plant propagation in which a bud of the plant to be propagated is grafted onto the stem of another plant.

Other articles where pomology is discussed: horticulture: …of plants for food (pomology and olericulture) and plants for ornament (floriculture and landscape horticulture). Pomology deals with fruit and nut …

Primitive agriculture is called horticulture by anthropologists rather than farming because it is carried on like simple gardening, supplementary to hunting and gathering. It differs from farming also in its …