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What is: Chelsea Flower Show

March 18, 2010 By: Garden Dictionary Category: Garden Dictionary

England’s annual extravaganza. If not the world’s largest flower show, it is certainly the most famous. Held each spring in London.

Word of the Day: broad-leaved evergreen

March 17, 2010 By: Garden Dictionary Category: Garden Dictionary

An evergreen tree or shrub that is not a conifer.

Word of the Day: Arisaema

March 16, 2010 By: Garden Dictionary Category: Garden Dictionary

The botanical name for jack-in-the-pulpit.
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Word of the Day: tuberosus

March 15, 2010 By: Garden Dictionary Category: Garden Dictionary, Uncategorized

As a species name, means “producing tubers.” For example, butterfly weed, Asclepias tuberosa, develops a very thick tuberous root.

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Word of the Day: spider mite

March 14, 2010 By: Garden Dictionary Category: Garden Dictionary

See mite.

Word of the Day: rootstock

March 13, 2010 By: Garden Dictionary Category: Garden Dictionary

An underground stem with eyes (buds) for next season’s growth and with roots. Also called a rhizome. “Rootstock” is also a term for the underground base stock on which a desirable variety is grafted, as in rose and fruit culture. In this case, it is also called an understock.

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Word of the Day: phytogeography

March 12, 2010 By: Garden Dictionary Category: Garden Dictionary

The study of the distribution of plants.

Word of the Day: leaf roller

March 11, 2010 By: Garden Dictionary Category: Garden Dictionary

Any of several moths whose larvae make nests of rolled leaves and silk.

Word of the Day: culm

March 09, 2010 By: Garden Dictionary Category: Garden Dictionary

A stem, especially of grasses, that is usually hollow except at the nodes. Bamboo is a good example.
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Word of the Day: fruticose

March 08, 2010 By: Garden Dictionary Category: Garden Dictionary

Shrubby; resembling a shrub.

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Word of the Day: dieback shrub

March 07, 2010 By: Garden Dictionary Category: Garden Dictionary

A tender shrub that can be grown in cold climates. It freezes to the ground in winter but sends up new shoots in spring.

Word of the Day: chemical fertilizer

March 06, 2010 By: Garden Dictionary Category: Garden Dictionary

A chemical product, of either mineral or synthetic origin, that provides nutrients to stimulate plant growth.

Word of the Day: broadcast

March 05, 2010 By: Garden Dictionary Category: Garden Dictionary

To distribute seeds or fertilizer evenly over an area, not in rows.

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Word of the Day: armyworm

March 04, 2010 By: Garden Dictionary Category: Garden Dictionary

A caterpillar that chews on grass blades, leaving bare spots in the lawn.
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Word of the Day: twining vine

March 03, 2010 By: Garden Dictionary Category: Garden Dictionary, Uncategorized

A vine that climbs by wrapping its stem around a support. Twining vines can actually damage or strangle trees.