1. What is Horticulture?
The Beginning

2. Horticultural or Agricultural?
Crabapple
Yew (evergreen shrub)
Sweetgum galls
Field corn
Sweet corn
Wheat
Plum
Radish
Grape hyacinth
Miscanthus
Impatiens

3. Horticultural Traits Appealing to the senses Perishable
High value per plant
Use fresh
Shipping more difficult
Production on a smaller scale
Intensive care

4. Definition Hortus culturea Science Art Business
Health sciences/Psychology
Leisure studies

5. Plant Sciences
Horticulture
Agronomy/Crop sciences
Forestry

6. Support Sciences Plant pathology Entomology Weed science Soil science
Agricultural mechanics
Plant breeding
Agricultural economics

7. Horticultural Subdisciplines
Pomology
Olericulture
Floriculture
Arboriculture
Turf grass
Recreational horticulture