Common Names of Plant Diseases Treatment of plants also varies with the type of plant. Methods of propagating plants vary accordingly. Choosing a propagation method can be crucial in food production and garden design. Plants that are cloned, however, will be exactly like the plant from which they were taken. How to Propagate Plants Design Horticultural design is an important subdivision of the discipline.
Some horticulturists go into landscape architecture , garden design or floral design .
These specialists need to know not only the universal artistic concepts of color, shape, space and texture, but how plants grow and in which conditions which plants perform best, so that they can achieve different effects. In some cases, such as in the cultivation of hydrangeas, they may apply different chemicals to achieve different flower colors. Many horticulturists and gardeners also experiment with grafting and hybridizing plants in order to create new plant colors, shapes or sizes, or plants that are more resistant to particular plant problems. An especially important field of horticulture is the hybridization of edible plants in order to create new crop strains that are more hardy or productive. Kids Games Page Time-Life's Virtual Garden Electronic Encyclopedia Virtual Garden Whole Herb Kid Corner Wildflowers on The Web Garden Planet Online Gardening Courses National Gardening Magazine U.S. National Gardening Association's Horticultural Dictionary Window Garden Search the web for Horticulture .