Nursery and Landscape Plants

Nursery and Landscape Plants in Ontario

Production and Maintenance

General

British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and Lands - Crop Production Guides
Guide to Nursery and Landscape Plant Production (Publication 841)
Crop Protection Guide for Nursery and Landscape Plants (Publication 840)
Guide to Fruit Production (Publication 360)
Guide to Greenhouse Floriculture Production (Publication 370)
Best Management Practices Series - Water, Soil, Pesticides
Currants and Gooseberries (Order No. 98-095)
Designing and Caring for Windbreaks
Eastern Hemlock
Elderberries for Home Gardens (Order No. 95-005)
Fruit Trees in the Home Garden
Growing Red Raspberries in Ontario (Publication 105)
Planting Habits
Pruning Ornamentals (Publication 483)
Pruning Fruit Trees (Order No. 00-005)
Red Oak
Restoring Shorelines with Willows
Sources of Crop Inputs
- Cover Crop Seed Suppliers
- Plasticulture Suppliers
- Sources of Landscape Supplies - Ontario
- Sources of Nursery and Landscape Supplies - Canada
Sugar Maple
White Spruce

Soil, Media and Fertility

Cover Crops
Drainage
Drainage Guide for Ontario (Publication 29)
Soil Fertility and Crop Nutrition
Soil Fertility Handbook (Publication 611)

Irrigation

Irrigation Scheduling For Fruit Crops (Order No. 90-069)

Farm Machinery

Field Sprayer Calibration (Interactive)

Environment

Ontario's Cosmetic Pesticde Ban
Risks Associated with Homemade Pesticides
Freeze Protection Methods for Crops (Order No. 85-116)
Pesticide Application and Safety
Recycling Farm Plastic Films (Order No. 95-019)
Using Pesticides in Ontario

Pest Management

Guide to Nursery and Landscape Plant Production (Publication 841)
Crop Protection Guide for Nursery and Landscape Plants (Publication 840)
Guide to Fruit Production (Publication 360)
Guide to Greenhouse Floriculture Production (Publication 370)
Integrated Pest Management for Turf (Publication 845)
ONnurserycrops - Nursery and Landscape Report
Minor Use Program

Insects

Asian Long-Horned Beetle-OMNR
Asian Long-Horned Beetle - CFIA
Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle - CFIA
Cedar Leaf Miner PDF - Extension Notes
Emerald Ash Borer - CFIA
Management Strategy for Emerald Ash Borer and Bronze Birch Borer - Insect Pests of Landscape Trees in Ontario
Euonymous Scale, Unaspis euonymi (Comstock), in the Nursery and Landscape
Integrated Pest Management for Apples (Publication 310)
Japanese Beetles in Nursery and Turf (Order No. 92-105)
Japanese Beetle Directive - D-96-15 (CFIA)
Pine Shoot Beetle - CFIA
Predatory Insects in Fruit Orchards (Publication 208)
Scale Insect Pests of Tree Fruits (Order No. 90-120)
Spruce Galls
Viburnum Leaf Beetle Pyrrhalta viburni (Paykell) in the Nursery and Landscape

Diseases

Common Disorders of Broad-leaved Trees (Order No. 09-069w)
Daylily Rust (Order No. 04-089)
Diplodia Dieback of Pines
Juniper Dieback
Plum Pox Virus (CFIA)
Sharka (Plum Pox Virus) of Stone Fruit and Ornamental Prunus Species (Order No. 02-001)
Sudden Oak Death - CFIA
Sudden Oak Death - U.S.
Sudden Oak Death - Diagnosing SOD in Nurseries

Weeds

Guide to Weed Control (Publication 75)
OMAFRA Poisonous Plant Quiz
Ontario Noxious Weeds
Ontario Weeds - Weed Gallery
Weed Identification Online

Community

Planning a School Tree Plant

Business

Budgeting Farm Machinery Costs (Order No. 01-075)
Developing a Marketing Plan (Order No. 10-029)
Preparing Business Plans (Order No. 08-051)
Starting a Commercial Nursery in Ontario

Crop Updates, Newsletters and Articles

ONnurserycrops - Nursery and Landscape Report
Crop and Pest Updates
Links to Other Newsletters Online
OMAFRA Newsletters
Newsletter Articles on Weeds - Application, Nursery, etc.
Horticulture Review (Landscape Ontario's online magazine)
What's Current in Horticultural Crops

Resources & Services

Stats & Facts

Links