A Garden for All
Every hibiscus flower pictured here, above and below, is from the same plant. Last spring I bought an unnamed potted hibiscus plant from Costco. In the store its few blooms …
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Hysteranthous: Of plants: Having the flowers appearing before the leaves.* This Colchicum produces flowers in the fall but its leaves won’t appear until next spring. *OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2017.
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Capitulum: An inflorescence of sessile flowers borne on a flattened and expanded portion of the inflorescence axis; the inflorescence of the sunflower family (Asteraceae).* All the fall asters (Symphyotrichum spp.) …
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Polystachyous:Â With many spikes, as in a grass with many ears or spikes.* Moor grass (Molinia) growing in the Arrival Courtyard. *Harris, J.G., Harris, M.W. (2001). Plant identification terminology: An illustrated …
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Infructescence:Â Branched or unbranched axis upon which fruits are arranged.* A plant’s infructescence follows the form of its inflorescence (arrangement of flowers). *Pell, S.K., Angell, B. (2016). A botanist’s vocabulary: 1300 …
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Ballistic dispersal: (syn. ballochory)Â Mode of dispersal by which the diaspores are actively or passively catapulted away from the plant. This can either happen arbitrarily or be set off by an …
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The Peterhof, sometimes known as the Russian Versailies, is a definite must-see for any garden lovers visiting St. Petersburg, Russia. While Versailie was, in fact, the inspiration for Peter the …
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Epizoochory: The inadvertent dispersal of seeds on the outside of animals. Dog owners are well aware of the dreaded burs that become entangled in their dog’s fur during a walk. …
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Locule: A chamber within an ovary, anther, sporangium, or fruit; in ovary and fruit, usually corresponding to a carpel.* In this tomato cross section, the locules are the areas filled …
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Pleiomerous: Having more than the usual number of parts in a floral whorl; e.g. roses (Rosa) that have a proliferation of petals.* In nature, roses (genus Rosa)Â have flowers with only …
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