Plant Parts
Absorbs water and nutrients
Roots
Producing and using plants to make outdoor environments more appealing
Landscape Horticulture
Greek horticulturist that speculated plants absorb nutrients through roots
Theophrastus
the production, transportation, and use of flowers and foliage plants
floriculture
Hold the fruit, leaves and flower
Stem
Growing and using plants for their beauty
ornamental horticulture
1700s, Swedish Botanist that
developed a system for naming plants
Carl Linnaeus
plants grown mostly for their beautiful colored leaves and stems
Foliage plants
Produces the seeds
Fruit
growing, harvesting, storing and marketing of fruits and nuts
Pomology
1843 started the basis for genetics with his pea plant experiments.
Gregor Mendel
Garden
Used for reproduction
Flower
the culture of plants for food, comfort, and beauty
horticulture
Horticulture began in
377-288 B.C.
"culture" means...
to grow
Can be carried by wind, animals or you
Seed
the growing, harvesting, storing, processing, and marketing of vegetables
olericulture
Gregor Mendel
Pea plant experiments
Growing plants for food, comfort and beauty is...
Horticulture