Plant Uses

horticulture
  • Plants for a Future--taxonomy, uses, and growing conditions for 7000 plant species
  • Banana--Banana Musa x paridasiaca
  • Carrot--The History and Evolution of the Carrot Part One
  • Garlic--The Garlic Information Centre
  • Vegetable Crop Management--University of Minnesotta Extension Service
  • Pepper--Pepper is a tender, warm-season vegetable
  • Strawberries--Strawberries and more
  • Strawberries--STRAWBERRIES IN THE HOME GARDEN
  • Avocado Page--Germplasm, nutrition, growing guides, and other information
  • Berries in Ontario--Commercial growing advice
  • Berries--Cornell Fruit Resources
  • Broccoli--Broccoli
  • Cucumber--Cucumber
  • Cucumber--University of Illinois Extension
  • Lettuce--Lettuce is a fairly hardy, cool-weather vegetable that thrives when the average daily temperature is between 60 and 70°F
  • Commercial Vegetable Production Guides--Fertilizers Harvesting, Handling, Storage Pest Control: Leaf Crop Weeds, Insects, Diseases, and other information from Oregon State University
  • Agaricus bisporus--This month's fungus is Agaricus bisporus, the white button mushroom or pizza mushroom, also known as Portabella and Crimini
  • Celery--Guide for commercial production in the Pacific Northwest
  • Chinese Hibiscus--History, images, and care of Hibiscus "Rosa Sinensis"
  • Christmas Cactus--How to grow and take care of a Christmas cactus Learn how to grow and take care of a Christmas cactus! Christmas cacti are beautiful houseplants that bloom in a variety of colors. The Christmas cactus requires special care in order produce blooms.
  • Cucurbita--This is a group of popular, annual climbing or trailing plants that belong to the Cucumber family, Cucurbitaceae
  • Plant Finder--Information on the over 3500 herbaceous perennials, shrubs, vines and trees which are currently growing or have been grown in the 23 demonstration gardens at the Missouri Botanical Garden's Kemper Center for Home Gardening.
  • Liriope--Liriope (Liriope muscari `Variegata')
  • Liriope--Scientific Name: Liriope spicata Common Name: Creeping liriope
  • Okra--University of Illinois Extension
  • Okra--Easy Gardening...Okra
  • Okra --Okra Production
  • Okra--All About Okra
  • Gernot Katzer's Spice Pages--usage in ethnic cuisines, particularly in Asia; history, chemical constituents, and the etymology of their names
  • Oregano--Oregano Origanum vulgare
  • Pecan--Sustainable Pecan Production Horticulture Production Guide
  • Phlox--2002 Perennial Plant of the Year Phlox
  • Solanum melongena--SOLANUM MELONGENA L. - EGGPLANT
  • Solanum melongena--Family: Solanaceae (nightshade family) Common Names: eggplant, aubergine
  • Turnip --Turnip and Its Hybrid Offspring


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