HO-103: Indoor Plants: Kentucky Master Gardener Manual Chapter 19

Sharon Bale, Rick Durham | Jan. 16, 2024 (Major Revision)

Cultivating plants inside the home is both a popular hobby and an interior decorating technique. More than 75 percent of all American families use living plants as part of their home decor or cultural expression.

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HO-107: Selecting and Planting Woody Plants: Kentucky Master Gardener Manual Chapter 16

Rick Durham, Bill Fountain | Jan. 16, 2024 (Major Revision)

Woody ornamental plants are key components of a well-designed landscape. Landscape plantings divide and define areas, add aesthetic and psychological benefits, and increase a property's environmental and economic value.

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HO-97: Plant Identification: Kentucky Master Gardener Manual Chapter 2

Rick Durham | Jan. 16, 2024 (Major Revision)

Learning about new plants is an exciting venture. Sometimes you are looking for a plant to fill a certain spot in your garden. At other times, you want to complete a particular color scheme, or your attention is caught by a magnificent tree, shrub, or perennial in a public or private garden.

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HO-101: Care of Woody Plants: Kentucky Master Gardener Manual Chapter 17

Rick Durham | Jan. 16, 2024 (Major Revision)

To prune or not to prune? This is a question that often faces gardeners. Most feel they ought to prune but are not sure why or how.

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HO-105: Landscape Design: Kentucky Master Gardener Manual Chapter 14

Rick Durham | Jan. 16, 2024 (Major Revision)

Landscape designs differ depending on how the landscape will be used. Although the principles are the same, a homeowner who wants an aesthetically pleasing, low-maintenance landscape will create a design very different than that of an avid gardener whose main purpose in life is to spend time in the garden.

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HO-102: Annual and Perennial Flowers: Kentucky Master Gardener Manual Chapter 18

Sharon Bale, Rick Durham | Jan. 16, 2024 (Major Revision)

Can you imagine a world without flowers? Their textures, colors, scents, and forms inspire gardeners, artists, and writers. The desire to grow flowers often motivates novices to take up gardening and moves experienced gardeners to become flower specialists. Annuals, biennials, and herbaceous perennials offer variety and interest to all styles of gardens.

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HO-98: Plant Propagation: Kentucky Master Gardener Manual Chapter 3

Rick Durham | Jan. 16, 2024 (Major Revision)

Sexual propagation involves the union of the pollen (male) with the egg (female) to produce a seed. The seed is made up of three parts: the outer seed coat, which protects the seed; the endosperm, which is a food reserve; and the embryo, which is the young plant itself.

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HO-96: Basic Botany: Kentucky Master Gardener Manual Chapter 1

Rick Durham | Jan. 16, 2024 (Major Revision)

Plants are essential to life on earth. Either directly or indirectly, they are the primary food source for humans and other animals. Additionally, they provide fuel, replenish the earth's oxygen supply, prevent soil erosion, slow down wind movement, cool the atmosphere, provide wildlife habitat, supply medicinal compounds, and beautify our surroundings.

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HO-100: Organic Gardening: Kentucky Master Gardener Manual Chapter 21

Krista Jacobsen | Jan. 16, 2024 (Major Revision)

Organic farming and gardening have grown in popularity in recent years as consumers and producers have sought alternatives to synthetic fertilizers and pesticides in favor of biologically based management.

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HO-104: Growing Tree Fruits: Kentucky Master Gardener Manual Chapter 22

John Strang | Jan. 16, 2024 (Major Revision)

Growing tree fruits or nuts can provide a great deal of satisfaction, but it takes a commitment to care for your trees year-round.