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(CLF6500) Advanced Core Cluster: ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE

 (CLF6500) Unit Title: SELECTION, PLANTING, AND CARE OF ORNAMENTAL PLANTS

         UNIT DIRECTORY:

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          Code    Topic Title                          Hours    Year(s)
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         (CLF6501) Evaluation and Selection            2 - 3     3 / 4
                    of Quality Plants

         (CLF6502) Planting Techniques                 1 - 2     3 / 4

         (CLF6503) Determining Spacing and Planting      1       3 / 4

         (CLF6504) Staking and Tying plants              1       3 / 4

         (CLF6505) Frost Protection                      1       3 / 4

         (CFL6506) Benefits of Xeriscape                 1       3 / 4

         (CFL6507) Sales and Merchandising of Plants     1       3 / 4

         (CFL6549) Unit Test                             1       3 / 4
                                    TOTAL TIME FOR UNIT = 10
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UNIT GOAL: Students will demonstrate a knowledge of the selection,
           purchasing, merchandising, planting, and care of ornamental 
           plants.
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UNIT OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. List and discuss five factors to consider when selecting quality shrubs 
   and trees.

2. Evaluate in groups of four, trees, shrubs, flats, and potted plants
   (of a single variety in each set), judge them in order of most 
   desirable, and defend the reasoning behind the placement.

3. Demonstrate proper planting techniques for five different landscape
   plants.

4. Determine spacing and depth of planting for various ornamental trees and 
   shrubs.

5. Demonstrate how to stake and tie ornamentals.

6. Discuss three ways to protect plants from the frost or freezing.

7. Discuss the benefits of drought-tolerant plants in the landscape
   (xeriscape).

8. Discuss the various aspects of the sale and merchandising of plant
   material.

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REFERENCES:

Editors of Sunset Books and Sunset Magazine. (1988). WESTERN GARDEN
 BOOK (5th ed.). Menlo Park, CA: Lane Publishing Co.

Ingels, Jack E. (1985). ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES. 
 Albany, NY: Delmar Publishers.

Pirone, Pascal P. (1972). TREE MAINTENANCE (4th ed.). New York: Oxford 
 University Press.

Breckenridge, Patti. (1990). OH 250, PRINCIPLES OF LANDSCAPE DESIGN. 
 Self-published class materials available from El Corral Bookstore,
 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 94307.

Perry, Bob. (1981). TREES AND SHRUBS FOR DRY CALIFORNIA LANDSCAPES. 
 San Dimas, CA: Land Design Publishing 

Carpenter, Philip L., Walker, Theodore D., & Lanphear, Frederick O. (1975).
 PLANTS IN THE LANDSCAPE. San Francisco: W. H. Freeman.

Editors of Ortho Books. (1980). SHRUBS AND HEDGES. Available from:
 Ortho Books, P.O. Box 5047, San Ramon, CA 94583.

Harris, R. W. (1983). ARBORICULTURE: CARE OF TREES, SHRUBS, AND VINES IN 
 THE LANDSCAPE. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
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RESOURCES:

CATA Curricular Code, Ornamental Horticulture. Available from:
 CATA Executive Director, 1100 N St., 1-D, Sacramento, CA 95814
 (916) 443-2282.


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