207-105 Horticulture II

207-104 Horticulture I.

Topics include:

• the physical and chemical properties of growing media and their components, options available for nutrition of horticultural crops, and principles of protected crop production;

• understanding of cultural techniques and management of a wide range of plant types used in horticulture, including sources of plant material, techniques for analysing the conditions of a landscape site, and an overview of systems for landscape maintenance;

• plant performance and selection issues associated with specialised environments; and

• the study of plant groups based on environmental tolerances, specialized uses and themes.

Examination - 2 hours (40%), plant maintenance report - 2000 words (20%), a practical report of 1000 words (10%), plant materials tests - 2 hours (30%).

• K A Handreck and N D Black, Growing Media for Ornamental Plants and Turf. rev. edn, NSW University Press, 1994.
• J Kellow (ed.), Landscape Plant Manual Vol. 1. Burnley College, The University of Melbourne, 1999.