Floriculture and Landscaping

Floriculture covers all the aspects related to the production and use of flowers and ornamental plants, flower seeds, bulbs, etc. Apart from the utilities of ornamental plants in outdoor gardening and interior decoration as house plants, cut - flowers and potted plants constitute an important segments of the international trade. Planting materials and dried products are also important items in the international market. The scenario of floriculture is changing very fast due to steadily widening export opportunities. The demand for flowers and ornamental plants in the domestic market is growing at a fast pace too and a large number of people earn their livelihood by either producing or marketing flowers and ornamental plants in this country. The publication titled floriculture and landscaping deals with all the important and relevant aspects of floriculture and ornamental horticulture for various uses including production technology of export quality flowers in greenhouses apart from open cultivation in tropical and subtropical climates. Design of landscape gardens and uses of different groups of plants in garden and for interior decoration and their cultivation are also included in the title in 31 chapters with hundreds of coloured illustrations. The Students of horticulture, amateur and professional floriculturists, landscape designers, nurserymen and environmentalists will find publication useful.