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HORTICULTURE TECHNOLOGY
CPCC HORTICULTURE
FALL PLANT SALE!
OCTOBER 2 & 3, 2009
Friday & Saturday - 9AM to 2PM
Fall Vegetables
Perennials - Flowers and Herbs
Pansies & Violas
Select Shrubs
| Shrubs & Perennials (Preliminary) | (various sizes - 1 gal. to 3 gal.) |
| PLANT | PLANT |
| Common Name | Botanical Name |
| Pineapple guava | Acca sellowiana (Feijoa sellowiana) |
| English Boxwood | Buxus microphylla |
| American Beautyberry | Callicarpa americana |
| Pink Beautyberry | Callicarpa americana (pink form) |
| Rockspray Cotoneaster | Cotoneaster horizontalis 'Rockspray' |
| Arizona Cypress 'Carolina Sapphire' | Cupressus arizonica 'Carolina Sapphire' |
| Euonymus Wolong Ghost | Euonymus fortunei 'Wolong Ghost' |
| Bronze Fennel | Foeniculum vulgare |
| Forsythia / Yellow Bell | Forsythia x intermedia |
| Creeping Gardenia | Gardenia jasminoides var. radicans |
| Oakleaf Hydrangea | Hydrangea quercifolia |
| Star Anise | Illicium Parviflorum |
| Japanese Iris | Iris japonica (Blue-Purple Flower) |
| Winter Jasmine | Jasminum nudiflorum |
| Blue Pacific Juniper | Juniperus conferta 'Blue Pacific' |
| English Lavender | Lavendula augustifolia |
| Monarda 'Lemon Bergamot' | Monarda citriodora |
| Oleander (Cream to Yellow Flower) | Oleander nerium |
| Fortunes Osmanthus | Osmanthus x fortunei |
| Purple Shamrock | Oxallis trianularis |
| Russian Sage | Pervoskia atriplicifolia |
| Japanese Pittosporum | Pittosporum tobira |
| Rosemary | Rosemarinus officinalis |
| Rosemary Tuscan Blue | Rosemarinus officinalis 'Tuscan Blue |
| Double Gold' Black-eyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta 'Double Gold' |
| Flame Willow | Salix 'Flame' |
| Gold Flame Spirea | Spiraea x bumalda 'Gold Flame' |
| Confederate Jasmine | Trachelospermum jasminoides |
| Madison confederate Jasmine | Trachelospermum jasminoides 'Madison' |
| Walters' Viburnum | Viburnum obovatum |
| Shasta viburnum | Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum |
| Leyland Cypress | X Cupressocyparis leylandii |
Cool Season Vegetables (most 4" pots) |
| Arugula, Italian Rustic |
| Broccoli raab |
| Brussel sprouts, Long Island |
| Cabbage, Charleston Wakefield |
| Collards |
| Chinese Cabbage, Tai Sai |
| Cilantro, Slow Bolt |
| Endive, Green Curled Ruffec |
| Kale, Dwarf Siberian |
| Kale, Red Russian |
| Kale, White Russian |
| Kohl Rabi, White Vienna |
| Lettuce, Buttercrunch |
| Lettuce, Little Caesar |
| Mesclun greens |
| Mustard Greens, Mizuna |
| Radicchio, Early Palla Rossa |
| Spinach, Bloomsdale |
| Swiss Chard |
| Plus -- pansies and violas |
HORTICULTURE TECHNOLOGY
Program Description
The Horticulture Technology curriculum is designed to prepare individuals for various careers in horticulture. Classroom instruction and practical laboratory applications of horticultural principles and practices are included in the program of study.
Course work includes plant science, plant materials, propagation, soils, fertilizers, and pest management. Also included are courses in plant production, landscaping, and the management and operation of horticultural businesses.
Graduates should qualify for employment opportunities in nurseries, garden centers, greenhouses, landscape operations, gardens, and governmental agencies. Graduates should also be prepared to take the certified plant professional and licenses pesticide applicators examinations.
What’s Awarded
The Associate in Applied Science Degree – Horticulture Technology is awarded by the College upon completion of the program. You can also earn a Diploma in Horticulture Technology. We also have 4 sets of Horticulture Technology certifications available in: Landscape Design, Plant Production, Horticulture Maintenance, and Horticulture Therapy.
Students, Alumni and Friends
The Horticulture Club and Alumni Association keep members and friends abreast of activities and each other.
- Industry can Post Jobs and share information.
Students can post resumes and seek employment via the CPCC Career Services and Resume Referral.
- Find out about Financial aid and Scholarships opportunities.
Take courses to update your workplace knowledge or to obtainNC State Pesticide License and certification renewal credits.
Turfgrass Management.