207-293 Propagation of Ornamental Plants

207-155 Horticultural Practice II

This subject will describe a range of propagation methods for ornamental and cultivated plants. Students will apply specific plant propagation methods and techniques for the multiplication of cultivated plants in containers and field environments. Content includes principles and practices of propagating plants by seed, cuttings, grafting, division, layering and micro-propagation.

One two-hour written examination (40%), two written assignments equivalent to 5000 words 60% (one due mid-semester, one at the end of the semester).

• K A Handreck and N D Black, Growing Media for Ornamental Plants and Turf. 3rd edn, NSW University Press, 2002.
• H T Hartmann, D E Kester, F Davies and R L Geneve, Hartmann and Kester's Plant Propagation Principles and Practices. 7th edn, Prentice-Hall Inc, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2002.