Many people are put off gardening because it sounds too complicated and technical. However a beautiful garden can easily be produced and maintained with the minimum of knowledge. To start you off below is a glossary of some of the most common terms.<\/p>\n
Glossary<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Annual<\/strong><\/p>\n Plants that complete their lifecycle in one season and require planting again next year. Often used to produce seasonal displays in borders and containers. Examples: Sweet Peas, Nigella, Nasturtiums, Pot Marigolds<\/p>\n Aspect<\/strong><\/p>\n This is the direction your garden faces and it affects the amount of light received. North-facing gardens get least light and can be damp, while south-facing gardens get most light but can be dry<\/p>\n Biennial<\/strong><\/p>\n Plants that produce leafy growth in the first year and then flower, set seed and die in the second year. Examples: Wallflowers, Sweet William, Foxgloves<\/p>\n Blubs, corms and tubers<\/strong><\/p>\n These are all underground storage organs formed from either the plant leaves, stems or roots. New plants emerge from buds within these organs. Examples: Snowdrop, Gladioli, Hyacinths, Iris, Daffodil, Tulip<\/p>\n Climbers<\/strong><\/p>\n Require some other means of support, such as another plant, wall or trellis in order to grow. Examples: Clematis, Sweet Pea, Hedera (Ivy), Honeysuckle, Wisteria<\/p>\n Deciduous<\/strong><\/p>\n Plants that shed their leaves at the end of the growing season, producing new leaves the following spring<\/p>\n Ericaceous<\/strong><\/p>\n Relates to plants that need soil with a low Ph or 6 or less. Such plants should be potted up with ericaceous compost<\/p>\n Evergreen<\/strong><\/p>\n Plants that retain their leaves through the year. Examples: Ceanothus, Hebe, Holly, Skimmia<\/p>\n Hardiness<\/strong><\/p>\n Described in three categories – tender, half-hardy and hardy – hardiness refers to a plant’s ability to withstand winter frosts<\/p>\n Perennial<\/strong><\/p>\n Woody or herbaceous (fleshy) plants which grow and flower for a number of years and have stems that die down at the end of the growing season. Examples: Delphiniums, Hostas, Geraniums, Achillea, Helebores<\/p>\n Soil Ph<\/strong><\/p>\n This refers to the soil’s acidity or alkalinity and is a vital factor in good plant growth. Acid soils are considered to have a Ph below 6.5, 7 is neutral and alkaline is greater than 7<\/p>\n Shrubs<\/strong><\/p>\n Woody-stemmed plants with multiple branches that grow from near the base. Examples: Ribes, Forsythia, Pieris, Cistus, Weigela, Cotoneaster, Pyracantha<\/p>\n Pruning<\/strong><\/p>\n The cutting back or removal of stems of shrubs and trees<\/p>\n Propagation<\/strong><\/p>\n The production of plants from the plants you already have either by cuttings, seeds or division<\/p>\n Cuttings<\/strong><\/p>\n The removal of a part of a stem which is then placed in a soil mix to produce a new plant<\/p>\n Division<\/strong><\/p>\n The lifting and dividing of shrubs to produce two or more clumps from the same plant. These clumps are then replanted in other areas of the garden to produce a new plant. Division also invigorates tired and old shrubs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many people are put off gardening because it sounds too complicated and technical. However a beautiful garden can easily be produced and maintained with the minimum of knowledge. To start you off below is a glossary of some of the most common terms. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-chat","czr-hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3155"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14639,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3155\/revisions\/14639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}