HORT 222 Plant Pruning & Maintenance
(Contact Hours: 4) This course will give students hands-on experience in proper landscape plant maintenance in a variety of settings and seasons. Students will learn how to work collectively to prune plants for desired space constraints, flower and fruit production, ecosystem services, privacy, plant health, and design intent. Students will also gain understanding of the physiological and morphological benefits of pruning and they will be given hands-on experience pruning a variety of plant materials including shrubs, small and large trees, vines, fruiting shrubs and trees, and plants in confined and open grown spaces. In addition, students will experience applying plant growth regulators, performing soil and trunk injections, and training plants using techniques like espalier. Minimum benchmarks will be enforced.