Azaleas & Rhododendrons 100 Hours Course

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Azaleas & Rhodendrons course online. Make the most of your azaleas and rhododendrons! Considered by many to be the very best plants a garden can offer, azaleas and rhododendrons are some of the most popular plants grown anywhere. The course shows how to grow them to perfection, and builds your knowledge of varieties available, to give you a long lasting display of colour in the garden. Soils, weed control, feeding, pest and disease control, watering, landscape design and lots more are included over eight lessons.

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Discuss how Rhododendrons and Azaleas are classified.
Describe the general cultural requirements that are common to all Rhododendron species.
Select appropriate materials for propagation
Propagate Azaleas and Rhododendrons.
Describe species of azalea are most commonly grown.
Describe a range of common varieties of Rhododendrons.
Conduct valid research into lesser known varieties of Rhododendron and Azalea.
Determine various uses and applications of rhododendrons in the home garden..
Demonstrate the knowledge acquired for a specific group or individual plant in the Rhododendron group of plants. The quality of this course is second to none, from the in-depth learning you will get to the expert individual mentoring you will receive throughout your studies. The mentors for this course are:  Susan StephensonBSc in Applied Plant Biology (Botany) Univ. London 1983.City and guilds: Garden Centre Management, Management and Interior Decor (1984)Management qualifications in training with retail store. Diploma in Hort level 2 (RHS General) Distinction.  Susan Stephenson is a passionate and experienced horticulturist and garden designer. She has authored three books, lectures at 2 Further and Higher Education Colleges, teaching people of all ages and backgrounds about the wonders of plants and garden design, and tutors many students by correspondence from all over the world. Susan studied botany at Royal Holloway College (Univ of London) and worked in the trading industry before returning to her first love plants and garden design. She is therefore, well placed to combine business knowledge with horticulture and design skills. Her experience is wide and varied and she has designed gardens for families and individuals. Susan is a mentor for garden designers who are just starting out, offering her support and advice and she also writes, delivers and assesses courses for colleges, introducing and encouraging people into horticulture and garden design oduction to Gardening,...

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Course programme

There are 8 lessons:

  1. Introduction
    • Review of the system of plant identification, general characteristics of the group, information contacts (i.e.: nurseries, seed, clubs etc.)
  2. Culture
    • Planting, staking, mulching, watering, pest and disease, feeding, pruning, protection from wind, salt, air etc.
  3. Propagation
    • Methods of propagating this group of plants. Propagation of selected varieties.
  4. The most Commonly Grown Varieties.
  5. Other important groups.
  6. Lesser Grown Varieties.
  7. Making the best use of these plants: In containers, in the ground, as indoor plants, growing and showing, growing for profit.
  8. Special Assignment
    • A study of one selected plant or group.

Azaleas & Rhododendrons 100 Hours Course

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