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Word of the Week: Stolon
Stoloniferous plants have runners (stems creeping horizontally usually above ground) that take root at the stem nodes, forming colonies (genets) of clones of the parent plants. Continue reading
Posted in Illustrated Glossary, Word of the Week, WoW
Tagged Carex pensylvanica, Fragaria virginiana, genet, Glechoma hederacea, guerilla growth, internode, Lamiastrum galeobdolon, node, phalanx growth, Phlox divaricata, Phlox stolonifera, Phlox subulata, Potentilla indica, ramet, stolon, Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic, Vinca major, vinca minor, Word of the Week
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Word of the Week: Sedge
Many gardeners were taught the short rhyme, “Sedges have edges, rushes are round, and grasses are hollow, straight to the ground,” as a short-hand way of distinguishing between the three somewhat similar plant types. Continue reading
Posted in Illustrated Glossary, Word of the Week, WoW
Tagged Achene, bract, Carex blanda, Carex comosa, Carex grayi, Carex pensylvanica, Cyperus esculentus, Cyperus papyrus, Cyperus rotundus, Equisetum hyemale, grasses, perigynium, Rhizome, Rhynchospora colorata, Rushes, Schizachyrium scoparium, Schoenoplectus pungens, sedges, Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic, Word of the Week
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Word of the Week: Ephemeral
Some of the most popular and widely available ephemerals on the retail market are spring-blooming bulbs and corms like crocuses, daffodils, hyacinths, narcissi, snowdrops, and tulips…In the United States, the term “spring ephemerals” usually refers to native North American wildflowers whose natural habitat is a deciduous forest. Continue reading
Posted in Illustrated Glossary, Word of the Week, WoW
Tagged Claytonia virginica, crocuses, daffodils, Dicentra eximia, ephemeral, Erythronium americanum, Glossary, hyacinths, Lamprocapnos spectabilis, Mertensia virginica, Narcissus, Phlox divaricata, Podophyllum peltatum, Snowdrops, Stylophorum diphyllum, Thalictrum thalictroides, Trillium grandiflorum, tulips, Word of the Week
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Word of the Week: Lenticel
What do the bark of a spicebush, the skin of an apple, and the skin of your face have in common? Continue reading
Posted in Illustrated Glossary, Word of the Week, WoW
Tagged apple, avocado, Betula alleghaniensis, Betula nigra, Chionanthus virginicus, Glossary, lenticel, Lindera benzoin, potato, Prunus 'Asano', Prunus serotina, Word of the Week
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