Some useful and ornamental plants of the Caribbean Gardens.

Mode of access: Internet.

The British flower garden : containing coloured figures and descriptions of the most ornamental and curious hardy flowering plants ... /

Reprint. Originally published in 2 series: 1823/1825-1838.

Irrigation performance and gross water productivity in furrow-irrigated ornamental tree production

In the ornamental plant production region of Girona (Spain), which is one of the largest of its kind in southern Europe, most of the surface is irrigated using wide blocked-end furrows. The objectives of this paper were: (1) to evaluate the irrigation scheduling methods used by ornamental plant producers; (2) to analyse different scenarios in order to assess how they affect irrigation performance; (3) to evaluate the risk of deep percolation; and (4) to calculate gross water productivity. A two-year study in a representative commercial field, planted with Prunus cerasifera ‘Nigra’, was carried out. The irrigation dose applied by the farmers was slightly smaller than the required water dose estimated by the use of two different methods: the first based on soil water content, and the second based on evapotranspiration. Distribution uniformity and application efficiency were high, with mean values above 87%. Soil water content measurements revealed that even at the end of the furrow, where the infiltrated water depth was greatest, more than 90% of the infiltrated water was retained in the shallowest 40 cm of the soil; accordingly, the risk of water loss due to deep percolation was minimal. Gross water productivity for ornamental tree production was € 11.70 m–3, approximately 20 times higher than that obtained with maize in the same region

Florida plant selector; a guide to choice and use of over 100 landscape plants.

Mode of access: Internet.

Catalogue of plants, which are sold by Conrad Loddiges and Sons, nurserymen, at Hackney, near London.

Pritzel (2nd ed.)

Sub-irrigation of Petunia: benefits in dry summers

With the increasing frequency and magnitude of warmer days during the summer in the UK, bedding plants which were a traditional part of the urban green landscape are perceived as unsustainable and water-demanding. During recent summers when bans on irrigation have been imposed, use and sales of bedding plants have dropped dramatically having a negative financial impact on the nursery industry. Retaining bedding species as a feature in public and even private spaces in future may be conditional on them being managed in a manner that minimises their water use. Using Petunia x hybrida ‘Hurrah White’ we aimed to discover which irrigation approach was the most efficient for maintaining plants’ ornamental quality (flower numbers, size and longevity), shoot and root growth under water deficit and periods of complete water withdrawal. Plants were grown from plugs for 51 days in wooden rhizotrons (0.35 m (h) x 0.1 m (w) x 0.065 m (d)); the rhizotrons’ front comprised clear Perspex which enabled us to monitor root growth closely. Irrigation treatments were: 1. watering with the amount which constitutes 50% of container capacity by conventional surface drip-irrigation (‘50% TOP’); 2. 50% as sub-irrigation at 10 cm depth (‘50% SUB’); 3. ‘split’ irrigation: 25% as surface drip- and 25% as sub-irrigation at 15 cm depth (‘25/25 SPLIT’); 4. 25% as conventional surface drip-irrigation (‘25% TOP’). Plants were irrigated daily at 18:00 apart from days 34-36 (inclusive) when water was withdrawn for all the treatments. Plants in ‘50% SUB’ had the most flowers and their size was comparable to that of ‘50% TOP’. Differences between treatments in other ‘quality’ parameters (height, shoot number) were biologically small. There was less root growth at deeper soil surface levels for ‘50% TOP’ which indicated that irrigation methods like ‘50% SUB’ and ‘25/25 SPLIT’ and stronger water deficits encouraged deeper root growth. It is suggested that sub-irrigation at 10 cm depth with water amounts of 50% container capacity would result in the most root growth with the maximum flowering for Petunia. Leaf stomatal conductance appeared to be most sensitive to the changes in substrate moisture content in the deepest part of the soil profile, where most roots were situated.

Floricultural sales in mass market outlets /

Cover title.

El jardinero valenciano. Manual práctico del cultivo de las flores que sirven para adorno de los jardines, galerías, salones, escaleras, patios y balcones y de los árboles que dan sombra y hermosura à las alamedas.

Mode of access: Internet.

Shade tree evaluation.

Issued by the Conference under an earlier name: National Shade Tree Conference.

Holland's handbook for southern gardeners, South and Southwest.

Mode of access: Internet.

Color in the garden.

Includes bibliography.

Gardening for color.

Mode of access: Internet.

The everblooming garden.

Includes bibliography.

Manuel floreal des plantes, ou, Traité de toutes les plantes qui peuvent servir d'ornement dans les jardins, les orangeries, les serres chaudes, et principalement dans les parterres ... pour servir de suite aux manuels vétérinaire, tinctorial, économique, consmétique et odoriférant des plantes /

Includes indices.

Ornamentals for low-elevation desert areas of southern California /

Mode of access: Internet.