Ornamental cabbage ( Brassica oleracea L. var. acephala D.C.) is a common potted bedding plant all over the World. The ornamental cabbage aesthetic value in particular its attractive colored foliage, make it a very popular annual in the home
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
, public parks, commercial spaces, and residential areas. Garden roses provide aesthetic value throughout the growing season due to both their vegetative and floral production. Plant architecture of roses is linked to flower yield and ornamental value
generalized logit model, this study explored the impact of consumer demographics and their prior knowledge of ornamental plants on their purchase decisions. Results of this study shed light on the complex set of factors that influence plant purchasers
With human movement comes the arrival of invasive species. Since humans started migrating to new places, new plants intentionally came with them for agricultural or ornamental purposes. New plants also came unintentionally, via seeds that hitchhiked
. benjamina , F . elastica , Ficus lyrata Warb., and F. pumila are grown for their ornamental value either as landscape plants in the tropics and subtropics ( Dehgan, 1998 ) or foliage plants used for interiorscaping ( Chen et al., 2005 ). In addition to
Ornamental kale is widely used as a cool-season bedding plant but there is also a growing interest in selected cultivars, which feature tall, thin-stemmed, cabbage-like heads, as cut flowers (T. Spencer, personal communication) ( Fig. 1 ). In the
herbicides ( Case et al., 2005 ; Derr, 1994 ). To date, there are few POST herbicides registered for selective broadleaf control in ornamental plants. These herbicides do not provide broad-spectrum broadleaf weed control in ornamental production and/or are
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
Over half of the world’s population lives in an urban environment ( Worldwatch Institute, 2007 ), where ornamental plants provide environments that encourage the presence of wildlife and plant diversity ( Damschen et al., 2006 ) and offer a myriad of