Tropical Plants Online Course
| Full Fee | $595.00 incl GST - Best Value! |
| Payment Plan | $800.00 incl GST |
Exam Optional
Tutor Support Yes unlimited by email
Qualification Certificate
- Learn where and how to grow tropical plants
- Create a Tropical Garden or Grow them as Indoor plants
- Propagate, Breed, Collect Tropicals -indulge a passion or start a indoor plant business
Study many of the significant tropical plants including: Heliconias, Alpinia, Hedychium, Zingiber, Musa, Costus, Cordylines, palms and cycads, climbers, shrubs, trees, orchids, ferns, Aroids and Bromeliads, herbs, vegetables and fruit bearing plants, etc.
This course provides a valuable instruction for both growing plants in warm places or in protected places such as greenhouses and inside homes or offices.
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Course Aims:
- Explain the nature and scope of tropical plants
- Discuss cultural characteristics that are often peculiar to tropical plants
- Describe the taxonomy and culture of a range of soft wooded tropical plants including annuals, perennials and bulbs.
- Describe the taxonomy and culture of Heliconias and Gingers..
- Describe the taxonomy and culture of Palms and Palm like tropicals.
- Describe the taxonomy and culture of climber, tree and shrub tropical plants.
- Describe the taxonomy and culture of Orchids, Ferns and Bromeliads.
- Describe the taxonomy and culture of Herbs, Vegetables and Fruits in tropical conditions.
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Detailed Course Outline
This course is made up of a number of lessons or units. Each of these has self assessment questions, a set task (practical homework) and an assignment which you can upload online. Click below to read about each of the lessons and what you will learn.
There are 10 Lessons in this course:
Introduction to Tropical Plants
- What does the term “tropical” mean
- What tropicals grow where you live?
- Plant names/classification (scientific & common)
- Species, hybrids, varieties and cultivars
- Growing Tropical Plants in different climates; tropical, sub tropical, arid and temperate
- Climatic Variations; seasons, mountains, savannahs, rainforest, coastal
- Gardening for Warm Climates and Microclimates
- Good and Bad News about Tropical Gardening
- Heat Traps, Warming a Garden, Greenhouses
Plant Cultural Practices
- Common Gardening Problems
- Understanding soils, naming a soil, texture, pH, fertility, nutrition, feeding
- Water and Plant Growth
- Water deficiency and excess symptoms
- Water Dynamics in a Soil
- Planting and Plant Establishment Methods
- Light Requirements
- Mulches
- Tree Guards
- Weeds
- Propagation,cutting, seed, propagating media
- Potting Mixes, Potting up, Caring for young plants
- Pruning etc.
Tropical Annuals, Perennials, Bulbous Plants, Bamboos & Lawns
- Bamboos, Grasses and Grass Like Plants
- Landscaping with Bamboos
- Review of Bamboo species
- Review of other herbaceous tropicals, including: Achmines, Agapanthus, Alocasia, Amorphophallus,Aristea, Babiana, Boophone, Brunsvigia, Caladium, Calaqthea, Calostemma,Clivia, Calocasia, Crinum, Crocosmia, Cyrtanthus, Dierama, Eucharis, Eucomis, Gladiolus, Gloriosa, Zephranthes, Hippeastrum, Hymenocallis, and many others
- Lawns
- Turf Varieties for Warm and Hot Areas
Ornamental Gingers and Heliconias (and related plants)
- Introduction
- Zingerbales; Musaceae (bananas), Strelitziaceae (bird of paradise), Lowiaceae, Heliconiaceae (heliconias), Zingiberaceae (gingers), Costaceae (costus), Cannaceae (cannas), Marantaceae (prayer plants
- Gingers
- Heliconia
- Costus
- Canna
- Strelitzia
Cordylines, Palms & Cycads
- Types of Palms; self cleaning, cleaning, solitary or clumping, fan or pinnate, etc
- Palm Propagation
- Review of many cultivated Palm Genera
- Cordylines
Climbers, Shrubs and Trees
- Review of many cultivated Tree and Shrub Genera
- Cultural Requirements
- Review of many selected species characteristics
- Conifers; culture, genera, species
- Climbers; Allamanda, Antigonon, Aristolochia, Beaumontia, Bignonia, Bougainvillea, Campses, Ceropegia, Cissus, Clematis, Clerodendrum, Clitoria, Clytostoma, Combretum, Congea, Ficus, Hoya, Ipomea, Manettia, Mucuna, Pandorea, Philodendron, Scindapsis, Stephanotus, Thunbergia, Trachelospermum.
Orchids, Ferns, Aroids and Bromeliads
- Orchid introduction
- Growing Orchids
- Epiphytes
- Orchid Genera
- Bromeliads
- Growing Ferns
- Types of Ferns; Fern Classification and families
- Fern Culture
- Aroids
Tropical Herbs, Vegetables and Fruit Bearing Plants
- Growing Methods; organic, no dig, permaculture, Container Growing, Hydroponics, etc
- Culture of Selected Vegetables in tropical and sub tropic conditions
- Bush tucker
- Tea and Coffee
- Tropical Fruit trees
Growing Tropical Plants outside the Tropics
- Growing tropicals indoors
- Growing in different climates and conditions.
Landscaping with Tropical Plants
- Use of colour & texture
- Plant selection
- Planting a courtyard
- Preparing sketch plans.
When you have completed the lessons of your Certificate course, you will be given the option of taking the optional exam. It's okay if you don't want the exam, we still issue your Careerline Certificate. For Advanced Certificates however, the exam is compulsory (per module) and are included in the course fee.
Course Tutor(s)
Barbara Tremain BSc. (Hons) Horticulture, RHS Adv. Cert,. RHS General, City & Guilds Garden Design, Permaculture Level 3 (UK)
Barbara brings to Careerline a wide range of horticultural experience and knowledge Barbara has a keen interest in herbalism, edible wild plants and has lead into studies of many plant based complementary medicinal systems, qualification as a Bach Flower remedy practitioner and studying Ethnobotany. Barbara has practiced and studied horticulture as well as combining it with her love of travel in many countries including the UK, US and Australia and has also studied Permaculture and runs her own horticulture business. Within the past two years she have also worked for Groundwork SW with 18-24 year old unemployed people, this work and the mentoring scheme has allowed me to teach informally. It has been a delight to nurture the interests of keen learners in horticulture and garden design. Meanwhile the business has covered a variety of Garden Design projects, from wildflower gardens to seaside situations, and has included some work with Chelsea Gold multi-winner John Moreland.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I pay in installments?
Yes! We offer great payment plans, however full payment up front is the cheapest. You can choose the best payment plan for you from the course page, or call us on 07 55368782 to talk to one of our course consultants for a custom plan.
Can I study from anywhere in the world?
We have many international students. Careerline's range of courses are suitable for any one, anywhere in the world.
Do I get a discount if I enroll in a second course?
Yes. You may claim a 5% fee discount when you enroll in a second course, and a further 10% off a three-course package.
Do I have to sit an Exam?
No. If you are enrolled in a Certificate course (100hrs), the exam is optional. You will be issued with a certificate which proves that you are competent in all units, if you choose not to sit the exam.
Do you have set start dates?
There are no set start dates, you may start at any time. Our courses are all self-paced. As our home page says, ‘Courses for Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime’. ‘Anytime’ includes the start time of your choice. However, we do encourage our students to submit assignments on a regular basis. Wherever possible, we suggest developing a study routine.