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Peat is widely used in the ornamental nursery industry as a major constituent of growing media for container plant production. In recent years, environmental concerns about peat extraction in wetland ecosystems have risen. Conservation of existing
put social and political pressure, previously unseen in the industry ( Cullen et al., 2008 ), on retailers to reduce or eliminate the use of neonicotinoid insecticides on ornamental plants. Such pressure may even increase governmental restrictions on
3rd Board of Communitarian Support (III QCA). We thank Dr. Wachira (The Tea Research Foundation of Kenya), Prof. Matsumoto (National Research Institute of Vegetables, Ornamental Plant and Tea of Japan), Eng. Mota (Plantações de Chá Gorreana
of the plot was planted with Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walter) Kuntze turfgrass; the remaining 5.58 m 2 was planted with ornamental plants. Ornamental plants species, selected to represent species commonly installed in Florida urban landscapes
., 1990 ; Terrill et al., 1996 ). However, its utility as an ornamental groundcover has not been realized. Extensive soil colonization by its rhizomes, which can account for up to 85% of the plant’s biomass ( Williams, 1994 ), make it drought-tolerant and
Ornamental flowering cherry trees ( Prunus L. species) are popular plants for street, commercial, and residential landscapes. Grown primarily for their spring bloom, flowering cherries have been in the United States since the mid-1850s ( Faust and
salt tolerance of landscape plants varies highly with species and/or cultivars ( Chen et al., 2017 ; Liu et al., 2017 ; Sun et al., 2015a ). However, limited research-based information on the salt tolerance of ornamental grasses is available
Luther Burbank passionately bred all commodities of horticultural plants, particularly ornamentals (herbaceous and woody flowers, trees, shrubs), on his own properties, first at his 4-acre home and nursery in Santa Rosa, CA, but later, and primarily
hundreds of grape cultivars from Greece, Portugal, Spain, and the Middle East to the United States. Plants with ornamental value, as well as food and fiber crops were introduced by plant explorers into the United States. For example, in 1957, John Creech
Invasive populations of Japanese barberry ( Berberis thunbergii DC.) are currently found in 30 states across the United States ( Anonymous, 2007 ). Barberry plants are established from seed, which is primarily dispersed by birds and small rodents