Course: Ornamental Garden Plants

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Course title Ornamental Garden Plants
Course code KBD/QOZR
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Navrátilová Jana, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Hoštičková Irena, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Introduction to the study of ornamental garden plants Annuals (and biennials) - Growing annuals - annuals - species overview Bulbous and tuberous plants - Growing bulbous and tuberous plants - Bulbous and tuberous plants - Alismatales, Liliales - Bulbous and tuberous plants - Asparagales - Bulbous and tuberous plants - dicotyledons Other perennials - Growing perennials - perennials - Monilophyta, monocots - perennials - garden orchids - perennials - dicots to Fabids - Perennials - Malvida - Perennials - Superasterids - Perennials - Lamids - Perennials - Campanulids Woody plants - growing woody plants - woody plants - species overview

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Demonstration, Excursion
  • Preparation for classes - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation for credit - 14 hours per semester
  • Preparation for exam - 30 hours per semester
  • Class attendance - 56 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the main groups of ornamental plants, with a focus on ornamental herbs that can be used outdoors in temperate climates. The focus of each group of plants is on the nature of natural habitats applied to the ecological and growing requirements and, above all, on the possibilities of their use in garden design.
Students know the requirements of the named groups for cultivation and are able to apply them in practice.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of botany at the level of KBD / SBOT or KBD / ZBOT, or an analogous course.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination, Test

Student requirements: Credit requirements: - Obtaining at least 60% of points from the credit test. The subject of the credit is the identification of the species discussed in the course (= "license plate"). Test requirements: - The subject of the exam is knowledge of the course issues on the basis of lectures / consultations and compulsory study literature in the given scope. The exam is written. A minimum of 60% success rate is required to pass the exam.
Recommended literature
  • Brickell, Christopher; Anderson, Peter,; Gorton, Steve; Ward, Matthew; Cochrane, Karen; Řehořek, Vladimír. Velká zahrádkářská encyklopedie. 2. vyd. (v nakl. Ikar první). Praha : Ikar, 1999. ISBN 80-7202-569-4.
  • Brickell, Christopher. Velká encyklopedie květin a okrasných rostlin. 2. vyd. (v Euromedia Group - Ikar první). Praha : Euromedia Group - Ikar, 2000. ISBN 80-7202-719-0.
  • Hanzelka, Petr. Květiny pro suché zahrady. První vydání. Praha : Grada Publishing, 2018. ISBN 978-80-271-0462-8.
  • Hanzelka, Petr; Sekerka, Pavel. Květiny pro každou zahradu : správná rostlina na správné místo. Praha : Grada Publishing, 2015. ISBN 978-80-247-5184-9.
  • Hanzelka, Petr. Skalničky v moderní zahradě. 1. vyd. Praha : Grada Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-80-247-1935-1.
  • Křesadlová, L., Vilím, S. Encyklopedie tulipánů, hyacintů, begonií a dalších cibulnatých a hlíznatých rostlin. 2009. ISBN 978-80-251-2830-5.
  • Opatrná M., Součková M. Pěstujeme okrasné trávy. Brázda, Praha, 2003.
  • Sekerka, Pavel; Obdržálek, Jiří; Ponert, Jan. Orchideje na zahradě. 1. vyd. Praha : Grada Publishing, 2006. ISBN 80-247-1640-2.
  • Simpson, M. G. Plant Systematics. Elsevier, Burlington, 2010.


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