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Layering
A method of propagation by which a branch of a plant is bent down to the ground where it takes root; the rooted section can then be severed from its parent and transplanted. It is most useful for plants that can be slow or reluctant to root from cuttings; some plants will layer themselves naturally.…
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Lanccolate
Long and narrow lance or sword shaped such as gladiolus and iris leaves.
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Insectivorous plant
The strict term for carnivorous plants; they trap and digest insects to supply them with extra nitrogen, which is difficult to obtain from the swampy soils where they usually grow. An alternative term for carnivorous plants; they trap and digest insects to supply them with extra nitrogen, which is difficult to obtain from the swampy…
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Hanging basket
A container designed to be suspended in order to show trailing plants such as ivy, Christmas cactus or fuchsias to their best advantage. A container designed to be suspended in order to show trailing plants such as ivy, Christmas cactus or fuchsias to their best advantage.
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Ground cover
An extensive planting of a single species of low-growing plants, intended to carpet the ground with foliage and suppress weeds. Also, a plant suitable for such use. An extensive planting of a single species of low-growing plants.
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Green manure
A crop of annual plants grown to be dug into the soil at maturity to improve or restore its fertility, for instance legumes such as clover, alfalfa or lupins. In agriculture, a fresh green crop that is plowed under to increase the organic matter and nitrogen content of the soil. A crop of annual plants…
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Greenhouse
Originally a lavishly windowed structure where evergreen plants were placed to keep them from winter cold; but now synonymous with “glasshouse”.
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Glasshouse
A structure, traditionally roofed and clad with glass but now often with plastic sheeting, designed to trap the sun’s heat and thus allow warmth loving plants to be grown in cool climates. Supplementary heating may be provided. A structure, traditionally roofed and clad with glass but now often with polythene sheeting, designed to trap the…
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Frame
A miniature greenhouse, designed mainly for propagation. The traditional style is an enclosed bed with wood to a height of around 16 in (about 40 cm) with an old window across the top. A hot frame is heated, a cold one not. The particular size and shape of someone’s body. A miniature greenhouse, designed mainly…
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Flowerhead
A cluster of flowers, which may be so compact as to look like a single flower, as in a daisy. As used in this guide, a dense and continuous group of flowers, without obvious branches or space between them; used especially in reference to the aster family (Asteraceae). A cluster of flowers, which may be…
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