Key print resources:

Floriculture: Principles and Species - Covers most of the potted flowering crop and greenhouse-grown flower species. Includes general production information and details on specific crops -- cultivars, propagation, flowering control and dormancy, temperature, light, water, carbon dioxide, nutrition, media, height control, spacing, pinching and disbudding, support, schedule and timing, insects, diseases, physiological disorders, and post-harvest handling. By John M. Dole and Harold F. Wilkins.

Ball Redbook: Crop Production - 17th edition in two volumes: Greenhouses and Equipment and Crop Production

Tips on Growing Specialty Potted Crops - Includes African Violet, Alstromeria, Florist Azalea, Rieger Begonia, Bougainvillea, Caladium, Calceolaria, Campanula, Dwarf Carnation, Cineraria, Crossandra, Cyclamen, Exacum, Fuchsia, Gerbera, Gloxinia, Hibiscus, Holiday and Easter Cactus, Hydrangea, Kalanchoe, Lisianthus, Primula, Rose, Streptocarpus, and Vinca.

Links:

Growth Regulation for Potted Hybrid Lilies - Method of regulating crop height with photographic examples.

Poinsettia Graphical Tracking - Method of monitoring crop height.

Poinsettias - Weekly growth and development of 40 poinsettia cultivars from Paul Fisher's program at the University of New Hampshire.