Hort 232 Assigned Readings, Spring 2008 

Listed below are proposed readings. Readings for later in the semester may change and will be updated as needed.  You are responsible for reading what is listed below for the assigned date, even if it is not mentioned in class.
 
Regular Weekly Reading Assignment for all Semester!

1.  In: Dirr, Michael A. 1998. Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (MWLP). Stipes Publishing Company, Champaign, Illinois: 
    • Read descriptions of EVERY PLANT on the plant list we are studying (if in the book).  
    • For FEATURE plants , pay particular attention to Culture, Insects and Diseases, Landscape Value, and Additional Notes.
2.  In: Brenzel, Kathleen N. (Ed.).  2007. Sunset Western Garden Book (SWGB). Sunset Publishing Company, Menlo Park, California: 
    •  Read the description of both FEATURED plants on the plant list we are studying that week. 
 
Additional Required Textbook Reading Assignments (by date assigned)

For Exam 1:
January 8
  • MWLP: "Preface to the Fifth Edition."
  • MWLP: pages ix-xxxviii.
  • SWGB: pages 28-29 and 754-755.
January 15
  • MWLP: Abies genus, pages 4-6.
  • MWLP: Picea genus, pages 713-715.
  • SWGB: "Dwarf Conifers," page 142.
January 22
  • MWLP: Pinus genus, pages 726-728.
  • MWLP: Taxus genus, pages 997-999.
  • MWLP: Tsuga genus, pages 1029-1031.
January 29
  • MWLP: Chamaecyparis genus, pages 216-217.
  • MWLP: Juniperus genus, pages 502-503.
  • MWLP: Thuja genus, pages 1007-1008.
  • SWGB: "A Guide to Plant Selection," read page 64 and skim pg. 65-160.
February 5
  • Manaker, George. Interior Plantscapes, Chapter 3 on Light (on Reserve in the Fischer Ag-Sci Library).
  • SWGB: ro
February 12
  • SWGB: "Frost and Cold Protection," page 690.


For Exam 2:
February 26
  • MWLP:  read about Daphne cneorum and Daphne ×burkwoodii, noting what he says about daphne death, pages 315-318.

  • MWLP: The genus Rhododendron, pages 844-845.
  • SWGB: Rhododendron, pages 583-589, read everything on rhododendrons and azaleas, including information on particular kinds, species, and hybrids, but skip descriptions of specific cultivars.
  • SWGB:"Soil," pages 727-729. 
March 4
  • SWGB: "Hedges and Screens," pages 90-91.
  • SWGB: "Plants for Dry Areas," pages 127-132.
  • SWGB: "Wind-resistant Plants," pages 149-151.
  • SWGB: "Water Conservation"  and "Watering," pages 741-745.
  • Lohr, Virginia and Caroline Pearson-Mims. 2007. Selected Hardy Plants for Water-conserving Landscapes.   Viewed December 22, 2007.  < http://www.wsu.edu/~lohr/wcl >.
March 18
  • SWGB: read all information on bulbs on pages 68-69 and 679-680.
  • SWGB: "Weeds of Wild Lands," page 750.
March 25
  • SWGB: "Ornamental Grasses & Grasslike Plants," pages 65-67.
  • SWGB: "Perennials," pages 700-703.
  • SWGB: "Wildlife in the Garden," pages 752-753.
April 1
  • SWGB: "Western Natives," pages 105-113.
  • SWGB: "Native Plants,"  pages 695-697.
  • SWGB:"Wildflowers," page 751.



For Final Exam:
April 15
  • MWLP:  "Other Landscape Magnolias," pages 621-625.
  • MWLP:  The Malus and Prunus genera, pages 630-632, and 773.
PLUS: ALL of the ABOVE!
 

Virginia Lohr , Professor, E-mail: lohr@wsu.edu
Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington 99164-6414 U.S.A.
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