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Toronto Master Gardeners are happy to answer your gardening questions. Simply post your question via their online form (you can even add images) and a Toronto Master Gardener will respond …
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Once dominated by white ash (Fraxinus americana), the forest east of our Teaching Garden is now an open canopy with only a few trees remaining. This significant change, noted in …
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Vernalization: In some species, flowers are formed in spring as a result of the plant […] being given a cold treatment, close to or at freezing temperatures, for several weeks. The …
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Hydrophobic: Tending to repel, or not to absorb, water.* Impatiens capensis, commonly known as jewelweed or touch-me-not, has hydrophobic leaves. Water drops bead on the surface after a rain and look like …
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Secund: Arranged on one side of the axis only.* The individuals flowers of goldenrod grow along the top side of the stems. *Harris, J.G., Harris, M.W. (2001). Plant identification terminology: …
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Trichome: A hair or hair-like outgrowth of the epidermis.* The leaves of Tillandsias (air plants) are covered in trichomes. The tiny hairs absorb water directly into the leaves. *Harris, J.G., Harris, …
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Silique: A dry, dehiscent fruit of the Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) typically more than twice as long as wide, with two valves separating from the persistent placentae and septum.* The long seed pods …
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Our beautiful gardens offer a colourful backdrop to your outdoor event. You’ll also be able to have your photographer to take additional photos in our gardens. Our outdoor four hour …
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Involucre: A whorl of bracts below an inflorescence.* The green cup at the base of thistle flowers is a classic involucre. *Allaby, M. (2006). A dictionary of plant sciences (Revised …
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Floret: One of the individual small flowers of a clustered inflorescence, e.g. sunflower.* Coneflowers, Echinacea purpurea, are in the Asteraceae (sunflower/daisy family). Like all members of that family, their ‘flowers’ are …
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