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Looking to learn more about pollinator gardening and how to attract bees, birds and butterflies into your garden? Here’s quick review of a delightful pamphlet on creating habitat gardens for …
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How to coexist with insect and animals in any garden Reviewed by Veronica Sliva The lovely illustrations by Holly Ward Bimba were what first drew me to The Wildlife-Friendly Vegetable …
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The Art of Weaving Plants and Place Reviewed by Carol Gardner A Tapestry Garden – The Art of Weaving Plants and Place is as much about the strength of the …
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Bright Ideas for Shady Spaces Book Review by Lorraine Hunter In her book, Glorious Shade: Dazzling plants, design ideas, and proven techniques for your shady garden, Jenny Rose Carey has …
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Imbricate: Overlapping like roofing shingles; in conifers, used for tightly pressed scale leaves of many Cupressaceae and Podocarpaceae.* The arborvitae (Thuja) above, a member of the Cupressaceae family, has imbricate …
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Samara: A dry, indehiscent, winged fruit.* Tulip trees (Liriodendron tulipifera), maples (Acer spp.), and many other plants produce samaras, commonly referred to as ‘keys.’ Tulip trees, pictured above, often have whorls of …
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Elaiosome (e-lay-o-zome): (Greek: elaion=oil + soma=body) literally meaning ‘oil body.’* A structure on the surface of a seed that secretes and stores oil, usually as an attractant to ants, which …
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Hilum: The scar on a seed that marks the point at which it was attached to the plant.* Bean seeds have very obvious hilums. From left to right in the picture: …
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Velamen: The thick sponge-like covering of the roots of epiphytic orchids which helps prevent water loss and aids in absorption.* *Allikas, G. & Nash, N. (2000). Orchids. London: PRC.
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Zygomorphic: Bilaterally symmetrical, so that a line drawn through the middle of the structure along only one plane will produce a mirror image on either side.* Orchid flowers are zygomorphic. …
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