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Acidic
Having a pH value less than 7.0
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Alkaline
Having a pH value greater than 7.0
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Annual
A plant that completes its life cycle within one year. During this time it grows, flowers, produces seeds, and dies.
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Balled and Burlapped
Trees with their roots in a ball of soil and wrapped in burlap. The soil should always be moist.
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Bare Root
The roots of the plant do not have any soil or pot around them. It is important to keep the roots consistently moist and cool before planting.
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Biennial
A plant that completes its life cycle within two years, the first season's growth being strictly vegetative.
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Bog Garden
Free draining, moisture holding soil that marginal plants are grown in. (Water garden)
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Bulb
A bud-like plant storage structure, generally globe shaped, composed of fleshy leaf bases attached to a disk-shaped stem plate.
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Caliper
This refers to the diameter of the tree's trunk. (millimetres) The diameter is measured at a standard of 6-12 inches from the ground.
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Candles
The new, terminal shoots on evergreens in spring.
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Coniferous
Describes a tree or shrub that produces a cone (ie. Spruce or Pine trees). In our area the term has also been applied, somewhat incorrectly, in layman's terms to refer to a plant that stays green all year round, or 'evergreen'.
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Container Grown
Plants in a pot with an established root system. Easier to plant and establishes faster once planted in the ground.
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Crown
Top growth of plant
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Cultivar
A uniform group of cultivated plants obtained by breeding or selection, and propogated as a pure line; a horticultural or agricultural variety.
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Deadheading
The removal of dead flowers.
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Deciduous
Describes a tree or shrub that loses its leaves once a year.
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Dieback
Any plant part that dies; usually used to descibe winter injury.
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Dormancy
A peroid when a plant rests and its growth slows or ceases.In most cases, this occurs in the winter.
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Dripline
An imaginary line on the ground directly beneath the outermost tips of the trees branshes
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Dwarf Plant
A plant that is much smaller than others of its species.
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Evergreen
Plants that keep their foliage year round. mostly plants with needles are evergreen but there are also broad leaf evergreens.
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Germination
The process whereby the embyro in a seed grows and emerges from the seed to become a seeding.
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Graft
A shoot or bud of one plant inserted into the stem or trunk of another.
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Green Thumb
Someone who really enjoys gardening and can grow plants well.
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Ground Cover
Refers to low-growing plants that spread readily to cover the ground with vegetation.
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Growth Rate
How long it takes a plant to reach full size. Most often growth rate refers to height but for shrubs and groundcover they are measured by width.
*Fast growing - grows 2 feet or more per year
*Medium Growing - grows 1-2 feet
*Slow growing - grows less than 1 foot per year
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Hardy
Refers to plants adapted to cold temperatures or other adverse climatic conditions of an area.
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Herbaceous Perennial
A plant whose leaves and stems die to ground level during winter, but whose roots survive. Most perennials fall into this category.
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Marginal Hardy
On the borderline of being hardy enough to survive in a given climatic zone.
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Massed Planting
Plants of one kind grouped in quantity close together to produce a strong visual effect.
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Microclimate
Atmospheric environmental conditions in the immediate vicinity of a plant. Usually an area that is protected from the elements making it more suitable for some plants.
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Mixed Border
A border planted with any combination of perennials, shrubs, ornamental grasses, annuals and bulbs.
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Mulch
A material such as straw, leaves, peat, compost and decorative rock that is spread upon the surface of the soil to protect the soil and plant roots from the effects of rain, soil crusting, freezing, or evaporation.
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Organic Matter
Soil amendment. Examples are peat moss, compost and well rotted manure
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Ornamental
Refers to a plant grown for its aesthetic properties.
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Perennial
A plant which does not die after flowering but lives from year to year.
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Propogation
The act of dividing or multiplying by any process of nature or manually (cuttings).
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Rhizome
A thickened, horizontal, underground stem which produces roots on its lower side and leaf shoots on its upper side; bearded irises have rhizomes.
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Rock Garden
A usually dry and well-drained garden area that features extensive use of rocks or stones of different sizes along with plants native to rocky or alpine environments.
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Samara
Wing looking fruit of trees (maple)
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Self-sow
Plants which propogate themselves from seed once established.
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Semi-Evergreen
Trees or plants that keep some foliage into winter.
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Sterile
Infertile; not capable of producing viable seeds; free of micro oraganisms, particularly pathogens.
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Suckers
The shoots that typically arise from the base of a tree or shrub.
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Sun Requirements
Requirements of light for good performance.
Sun- Plants need full sun all day long
Part Sun- half a day of full sun is fine. If the plant likes cooler temperatures then it is best in morning sun. If the plant can tolerate the heat then it is fine in the afternoon sun.
Shade- These plants prefer shade all day.
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Sun Scald
High temperature injury to plant tissue due to exposure to intense sunlight.
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Terminal
The tip or top of a branch
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Tree Form
A single-stemmed, tree-like shape into which some shrubs (normally multi-stemmed) can be trained to grow.
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Water Feature
Water features are anything that include water-Streams, waterfalls, ponds, water gardens.
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Water feature
Pond, Stream, Waterfall
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Water-in
A deep watering around a plant before the ground freezes. This helps the roots to resist cold.
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Woody Perennial
A perennial with hard-tissue stems that do not die to the ground at the end of the season.
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Xeriscape
Landscaping with drought tolerant plants to reduce or eliminate the need for watering during dry conditions.
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