Which field is about propagating and maintaining landscapes with grasses and shrubs?

• A. Floriculture
• B. Pomology
• C. Olericulture
• D. Landscape and nursery industry

Answer: (D)

Propagating and maintaining landscapes with grasses and shrubs is a practical, applied area that combines growing plants in nurseries with installing and caring for outdoor spaces. The landscape and nursery industry covers selecting suitable grasses and shrubs, propagating them, and then establishing and maintaining the landscapes through tasks like planting, pruning, mowing, irrigation, fertilization, and pest management. Floriculture focuses on ornamental flowering plants used in cut flowers and displays, pomology on fruit-tree production, and olericulture on vegetable culture, so they don’t center on landscape plant production and outdoor maintenance the way the landscape and nursery industry does.