Directory of Ornamentals Resources

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Websites concerned with the principles and practices of the cultivation and propagation of ornamental plants.

Subcategories

• Pests and Diseases

Resources in This Category

• Amaryllis

  http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/EP060
  Information on growing and propagating this bulbous plant, and the diseases and pests that may be encountered.

• American Floral Endowment

  http://www.endowment.org/
  Funds research and educational development addressing floral industry needs.

• Cabrillo College Department of Horticulture: Salvias Are Our Specialty

  http://www.cabrillo.edu/academics/horticulture/salvias/html/
  Information about the college's stock of cultivated salvia, list of cultivars, and a collection of photographs.

• Cecil Delworth Foundation

  http://www.delworth.ca/
  Non-profit group promoting research and education in the Canadian floriculture industry. Lists past scholarship recipients.

• Crops: Easter Lily

  http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/Elily.htm
  Detailed description on commercial bulb and flower raising for the cut flower trade. Includes some forcing timetables.

• Floral & Nursery Plants Research Unit, US National Arboretum

  http://www.usna.usda.gov/Research/
  The unit conducts a broad based program contributing to basic and developmental research and the implementation of new technologies for the florist and nursery plant industries. Emphasis is placed on developing new and superior floral and woody nursery plants.

• Floriculture

  http://extension.umass.edu/floriculture/
  University of Massachusetts resource, with information on educational programs and grower services, pest management and crop fact sheets, and resources for garden retailers.

• Flower Bulb Research Program

  http://www.flowerbulbs.cornell.edu/
  Describes the bulb research program at Cornell University, intended to further develop commercial bulb crops.

• Holiday Cactus

  http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/Hcactus.htm
  Provides instructions for the commercial greenhouse production of Schlumbergera bridgesii and Schlumbergera truncata.

• NCSU Floriculture Information Center

  http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/floriculture/
  The starting page for access to North Carolina State University's floriculture information. An organized site for detailed crop production information.

• New Ornamentals Society

  http://members.tripod.com/~Hatch_L/nos.html
  Group of professional horticulturalists, taxonomists, students, and landscape designers interested in new ornamental landscape plants. Benefits of membership, samples from the plant database.

• New Plant Page

  http://members.tripod.com/~Hatch_L/genera.html
  Online plant finder covering the United States, lists of nurseries, descriptions of plants.

• Pinoy Horticulture

  http://pinoyhorticulture.wordpress.com/
  Provides information on the activities of horticulture societies and plant enthusiasts in the Philippines.

• Pinoy Horticulture

  http://pinoyhorticulture.blogspot.com/
  Blog of activities of horticulture societies and plant enthusiasts in the Philippines.

• Woody Ornamental Production

  http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/
  Account of the production of ornamentals in Florida. Includes notes on selection, production, and aftercare.

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