What is Floriculture? How is it different from horticulture?

How can floriculture defined and how is it distinct from horticulture?


Terms floriculture and horticulture are often used interchangeably, on one hand where horticulture deals with the scientific principles related to the cultivation of garden and ornamental plants, floriculture on the other hand is a part of horticulture which is the study of growing and marketing flowers and foliage plants. It includes cultivation of plants and flowers which are used in cosmetic, pharmaceutical and perfume industry, along with decorative and aesthetic purposes. Not only in the national while in the international trade also, floriculture has a significant share. Floriculture is the development plant breeding of new varieties for their flowers and cultivation its other parts for various purposes.
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  • RE: What is Floriculture? How is it different from horticulture? -Keri (12/18/19)
  • The difference is a fancy name for POT,WEED,CANNABIS,HEMP,so our congress members and senators could continue to work the laws filling there PPP civic core ”human trafficking American style”and filling anyone going to the doctor with 10 prescriptions that have a list 3 pages of death defying side effects while they have been approving medication for 20 years and charging the taxpayers 100 times for seniors and Medicaid,everyone needs to look at the side effects of every medication they are putting in their bodies and then try CBD preferably made locally NOT approved or poisoned by our fda or chemical companies called pharmaceutical companies,they have panicked trying to patten a pot plant and it’s not for them it for EVERYONE! Menopause is a thing of the past,hot flashes-no more! Switzerland has used CBD for head trauma patients for years while our greedy corporate leaders refuse to allow us our right,hemp won world war 1 and possibly 2,why did we have to kill all the trees when we could grow hem for ANYTHING