DECIDUOUS TREES - Distance Learning Course
There are eleven lessons in this module as follows: 1. Introduction • Plant classification • Scope and nature of Deciduous Trees • Planting methods • Using trees ... creating a mood with trees • Soils, nutrition, pruning • Propagation 2. Maple (Acer)\ • Scope and nature (approx. 200 species plus cultivars) • Cultural needs • Selected species and varieties • Propagating maples • Grafting, Seed, Cuttings • What makes foliage change colour 3. Birch (Betula) • Birch family characteristics • Birch cultural requirements • Species and cultivars • Propagating Betula ... cuttings, layering • Grafting, Budding techniques 4. Ash (Fraxinus) • Overview of Fraxinus • Sub genera (ornus and fraxinaster) • Cultural requirements • Understanding autumn colour variations • Selected popular species and cultivars • Less commonly grown species • Culture of Fraxinus; pest, disease, propagation, etc 5. Oak (Quercus) • Overview and cultural requirements • Botany • Cultivars • Propagation 6. Prunus • Scope and nature of the genus • Culture • Selected species and cultivars • Plums • Peach and Nectarine • Cherry • Prunus propagation 7. Other Deciduous Trees • Alnus • Cedrella • Lagerstroemia • Lireodendron • Liquidambar • Magnolia • Malus • Platanus • Populus • Pyrus • Salix • Sambacus • Syringia • Ulmus 8. Special Project A problem based learning project with the following aims: • Identify factors that will affect the successful culture of a specified group of deciduous trees in a specified locality. • Determine criteria for selecting cultivars of deciduous trees. • Select cultivars of deciduous trees appropriate for cultivation in a specified situation. • Choose plant establishment techniques appropriate to the cultivation of selected deciduous tree cultivars in a specified locality. • Determine a routine 12 month maintenance program for a selected collection of deciduous tree cultivars to be grown in a specified locality. Find out more at http://www.acsedu.co.uk/Courses/Plant-Varieties/DECIDUOUS-TREES-BHT244-633.aspx Or email us at info@acsedu.co.uk for more information