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Breeding Ornamental Plants

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Breeding plants to encourage specific traits is a customary practice in agriculture but much less common in ornamental horticulture. This introduction discusses the principles and practices of ornamental plant breeding, with individual chapters devoted to important plants or plant groups. Daffodils, daylilies, hostas, lilacs, magnolias, and rhododendrons are among the 15 subjects covered diligently by experts in the field.