Understanding Horticulture
Principles of Landscape Design
Concepts of Landscape Design
Plant Care & Maintenance
Color
100
The culture of plants for food, comfort and beautification purposes.
What is horticulture?
100
Using an element more than once throughout a landscape design.
What is repetition?
100
The point or area of the landscape that attracts the viewer's eyes.
What is focal point?
100
The three types of branches to look for when pruning
What is the 3 D's - dead, damaged and dysfunctional.
100
This can be used to determine which colors should be included in a landscape design.
What is a color wheel?
200
The major scientific area most related to horticulture.
What is botany?
200
This is lack of monotony in a landscape design.
What is variety?
200
Leads the viewer's eyes through the landscaped space through the formation of boundaries in a landscape.
What is line?
200
This is done to direct growth and rejuvenate the plant.
What is pruning?
200
This color scheme is created by having multiple tints and shades of one color.
What is a monochromatic color scheme?
300
The three major segments of the horticulture industry.
What is olericulture, ornamental horticulture and pomology?
300
The equalization of visual weight from one side of a landscape to another. This can be symmetrical or asymmetrical.
What is balance?
300
The two or three-dimensional shape & structure of an object or space.
What is form?
300
When you pull out an undesirable plant in your garden.
What is weeding?
300
This color scheme is created by having 5 or more colors from the color wheel.
What is a polychromatic color scheme?
400
The two categories of ornamental horticulture.
What is floriculture and landscape horticulture?
400
The special attention or prominence given to something, or the level to which your focal point stands out.
What is emphasis?
400

The surface quality of any plant material or structure in the landscape.

What is texture?

400
This is how you properly plant a seed.
What is dig a small hole of the proper depth with your finger, cover with soil and water?
400
This color scheme involves two colors directly across from each other on the color wheel.
What is complementary colors?
500
The use of plant life and materials to create a functional, easy-to-manage outdoor environment.
What is landscape design/management/horticulture?
500

These are the principles of design, which can be remembered by the acronym "R.V. BESS"

What is repetition, variety, balance, emphasis, scale & sequence?

500
The four concepts of design, or they key elements that are universal to all design projects.
What is focal point, line, form & texture?
500
These are tasks that must be performed every day in order to properly care for seedlings and plants.
What is watering, removing dead leaves and transplanting?
500
This color scheme involves 2-4 colors that are directly next to each other on the color wheel.
What is an analogous color scheme?
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