Tropical Plants

£395.00

Learn where and how to grow Tropicals. 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. This course concentrates on plants which originate from tropical or sub tropical climates; but there may be some plants covered which fit a looser definition of ‘tropical’.

E-Learning Structure

The duration of this online course is 100 hours. This consists of 10 in-depth lessons:

  1. Introduction to Tropical Plants – Plant names/classification (scientific & common), climatic conditions, plants suited to the students locality.
  2. Plant Cultural Practices – Understanding soils, naming a soil, propagation, watering, feeding, pruning etc.
  3. Tropical Annuals, Perennials, Bulbous Plants, Bamboos & Lawns
  4. Ornamental Gingers and Heliconias (and related plants including Alpinia, Hedychium, Zingiber, Musa & Costus)
  5. Cordylines, Palms & Cycads
  6. Climbers, Shrubs and Trees
  7. Orchids, Ferns, Aroids and Bromeliads
  8. Tropical Herbs, Vegetables and Fruit Bearing Plants – including Bush tucker, Selected Vegetables, Tea & Coffee, Tropical Fruit trees
  9. Growing Tropical Plants outside the Tropics – growing tropicals indoors, in different climates and conditions.
  10. Landscaping with Tropical Plants – use of colour & texture, plant selection, planting a courtyard, preparing sketch plans.

How Does A Warnborough Online Course Work?

You can start the course whenever is convenient for you. You will be studying from home and have access to support from our qualified tutors. Practical exercises and research tasks will be set at the end of each lesson – including an assignment. You will submit this assignment to your course tutor, who will mark your work and give you constructive feedback and suggestions.

If you have any questions please contact us.