Floriculture
Floriculture Floriculture, cultivation of ornamental flowering plants for aesthetic purposes, whether grown in window boxes, greenhouses, or gardens. In floriculture, plants are grown for individual effect; in landscape gardening , for total effect. Although flowers have been cultivated since the rise of civilizations, commercial cultivation in greenhouses of plants and flowers native to other countries was not established until the 19th century. See also Horticulture .