Nursery (horticulture)

A nursery is a place where plants are propagated and grown to usable size. There are retail nurseries which sell to the general public, wholesale nurseries which sell only to

Related Topics:
Plant - Propagated - Retail - Wholesale

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other nurseries and to commercial landscape gardeners, and private nurseries which supply the needs of institutions or private estates. Some retail and wholesale nurseries sell by mail.

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Landscape gardener - Mail

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Nurseries grow annuals, perennials, and woody plants (trees and shrubs). These have a variety of uses: decorative plants for flower gardening and landscaping, garden vegetable plants, and agricultural plants. Some nurseries specialize in one phase of the process: propagation, growing out, or retail sale; or in one type of plant: groundcovers, shade plants, fruit trees, or rock garden plants.

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Annual - Perennial - Tree - Shrub - Gardening - Landscaping - Vegetable - Agricultural - Groundcover - Rock garden

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Annuals are sold in trays (undivided containers with multiple plants), flats (trays with built-in cells), peat pots, or plastic pots. Perennials and woody plants are sold either in pots or bare-root and in a variety of sizes, from liners to mature trees.

Related Topics:
Pot - Liner

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Plants may be propagated by seeds, but often desirable cultivars are propagated asexually by budding, grafting, layering, or other nursery techniques.

Related Topics:
Seed - Cultivar - Propagated asexually

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