Great choice 🌱✨ — The production and sale of ornamental plants is a profitable branch of horticulture that focuses on growing plants for aesthetic, decorative, and landscaping purposes, rather than for food. These plants are used in homes, offices, gardens, parks, hotels, and public spaces to enhance beauty and provide environmental benefits.
Propagation/Production
Growing plants in nurseries, greenhouses, or open fields.
Propagation through seeds, cuttings, grafting, budding, or tissue culture.
Types of Ornamental Plants
Flowering Plants – e.g., roses, hibiscus, marigold, bougainvillea.
Foliage Plants – e.g., crotons, ferns, caladiums.
Indoor Plants – e.g., peace lily, snake plant, spider plant.
Shrubs and Trees – e.g., palms, jacaranda, neem (for landscaping).
Succulents & Cacti – e.g., aloe vera, echeveria.
Ground Covers & Climbers – e.g., ivy, morning glory.
Sales/Marketing
Direct sales to households, landscapers, schools, hotels, and offices.
Retail nurseries (selling potted plants, seeds, and gardening supplies).
Wholesale to landscapers for large projects.
Online marketing & delivery (increasingly popular).
Growing demand for home beautification and landscaping.
Provides air purification, shade, and environmental cooling.
Steady market from real estate, hotels, and institutions.
Can diversify into cut flowers (roses, lilies) for extra income.
Requires specialized knowledge in plant care and propagation.
Pest and disease management can be tricky (aphids, fungal infections).
Seasonal demand fluctuations.
Initial cost of setting up nurseries, irrigation, and greenhouses.
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