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Viewing all garden terms that were defined by Terry

826 terms found.

Term	Definitions
AARS	1
AAS	2
acarpous	3
acclimate	1
acidifier	1
acre	2
acrid	1
activated charcoal	1
aculeate	1
adventitious	2
aeration	1
aflatoxin	1
after-ripening	1
afternoon sun	1
agamous	1
agar	1
aggregate culture	1
agrarian	1
agrestal	1
algae bloom	1
allelopathy	1
allogamy	1
almanac	1
aluminum sulfate	2
ament	2
American Dahlia Society	1
American Horticultural Society (AHS)	1
American Rose Society	1
amphitropous	2
anaerobic	3
anchor root	1
anemophilous	2
anhydrous	3
annual ring	2
anthocyanin	3
apomixis	1
arable	2
arboreal	1
arboricide	1
arcade	1
architectural plant	1
arid	1
arroyo	1
asparagus knife	1
aspect	2
aspect	2
aster yellows	1
attar	2
authority	1
auxin	3
axis	2
azalea pot	1
backbone	1
background planting	1
backyard wildlife habitat	2
baking soda	1
bamboo	2
bare-root	2
base	3
base	3
basic soil	1
basionym	2
bedstraw	2
beetle bait	1
bell jar	1
belvedere	1
bentonite	1
berry	1
bigeneric hybrid	2
binomial nomenclature	2
bio filter	1
biomass	1
blackberry winter	1
blade	1
blowball	1
bog	2
boron	1
bosk	1
bosket	1
boss	1
botanical name	2
botany	1
botrytis	2
bower	1
brackish	1
breed	1
broad fork	1
browns	1
brush hog	1
bryophyte	2
bubbler	2
budding out	1
buffer	1
builder's sand	1
bulb planting tray	1
bulbil	4
bulblet	2
burlap	1
butterfly gardening	1
butterfly house	1
buttress roots	1
cabinet	1
cairn	1
caliche	4
caliper	1
cane	1
cant hook	1
capsid bugs	1
carotene	3
cart	2
caruncle	1
cascade	1
cash crop	2
catch cropping	1
caterpillars	1
cell pack	2
cell tray	1
celsius	3
Certificate of Genetic Provenance	1
champain	1
chipping	1
chitting	2
citrus	1
clambering	1
clipped hedge	1
club root	1
clump-forming	1
co-op	2
cobblestone	1
cocoa bean hulls	2
cold composting	1
colonize	1
comet goldfish	1
Community Supported Agriculture	1
compacted soil	1
compost	2
compost bucket	1
compound flower	1
conifer	2
conservation	1
container grown	1
controlled burn	1
cool season vegetables	1
coppicing	2
coppicing	2
copse	2
copse	2
cordon	3
cormel	2
corn gluten meal	1
cornichon	1
courgette	1
cracking	1
crepe murder	1
cricket	1
crocks	2
crossed branches	1
crotch	1
crown	3
crown rot	1
crushed granite	1
cull	1
cultivar	6
cultivate	2
curb appeal	1
curved bed	1
dandelion weeder	1
daylily rust	1
days to maturity	3
decoction	1
decurrent	1
deer repellent	1
delta	1
dendrologist	2
dendrology	2
denude	1
desert soil	1
desiccation	2
determinate	2
detritus	1
dig	2
digging fork	1
digging spade	1
dirt gardener	1
disease-resistant	1
diurnal	1
doctrine of signatures	1
dogwood winter	1
down	1
drain	1
drainage	3
drift	3
drooping	1
drop-type spreader	1
drought	2
drought tolerant	4
dry creek	2
dry shade	1
duff	1
dung	1
dust mulch	1
dusting	1
Dutch Elm disease	1
earth box	1
earwig	2
eddish	1
edging shears	1
egg shells	1
electric fence	1
eluviation	1
enation	2
english planter	1
ephemeral	2
epigeal	2
equinox	1
escaped plant	1
established	1
etagere	1
evapotranspiration (ET)	3
evenly moist	1
evergreen	3
ex situ	1
excelsior	1
exotic	3
extension agency	1
extension service	1
eye	4
eye	4
eye division	1
eye-cuttings	1
F2 hybrid	3
Fahrenheit	2
fall flowering bulbs	1
fall sowing	1
family	4
fan training	1
fancy	1
fasciate	1
fastigiate	1
father plant	1
feathered tree	1
fecundity	1
feed store	1
feeder root	1
female plant	1
fermentation	2
fern ally	1
fetid	1
FFO	1
filial generation	1
filler	2
fine-textured soil	1
fire-retardant plants	1
firming	1
first year's growth	1
fish emulsion	3
fishmeal	1
fixation	1
flag	1
flash tape	1
flat	3
flood irrigation	1
flow regulator	1
flower head	1
flowering period	1
fluid sowing	1
foliage	2
folly	1
forb	2
forcing	3
forked	1
form	5
formal garden	2
foxfire	1
frass	1
freeze	4
french intensive gardening	1
frondage	1
frost	6
frost pocket	1
frost-free days	2
fructescence	1
fructify	1
fruit-picker	1
fruiting spur	1
fry	3
fugacious	1
fully double	1
fungicide	2
fusarium wilt	2
fusiform	1
gamete	3
garden gloves	1
garden seat	1
garden thug	2
gauntlet gloves	1
gene bank	1
genotype	1
geosmin	1
gesneriad	1
gherkin	1
girdling roots	1
glade	2
gnomon	1
go to seed	1
gourd	2
grafting thread	1
grain	1
grass catcher	1
grass clippings	1
grass shears	1
grasshopper	4
grasshopper bait	1
grasshopper spore	1
gray water	2
greenbelt	1
greens	2
greensand	3
greensprouting	1
grex	1
grit	1
ground cover	3
ground squirrel	1
growing tray	1
growth form	1
grub hoe	1
grub worm	1
grubbing	1
gumbo clay	1
gypsum	2
ha-ha	2
ha-ha	2
habit	2
half standard	1
hand picking	1
hand rake	1
hand tool	1
haploid	3
hard frost	1
hardware cloth	1
harrow	1
hay	3
hayrack planter	1
heat zone	1
heating cable	1
heating mat	1
hedge knife	1
hedgerow	1
heirloom garden	1
herb garden	1
hermaphroditic	1
hermitage	1
HGTV	3
highbush	1
higher taxa	1
homesteading	1
hook climber	1
hoop house	1
hoops	2
hopper	1
hormone	1
horticultural bean	1
horticultural oil	1
horticultural society	1
horticulture	1
Hortus	1
hortus fenestralis	1
hortus siccus	1
hose adapter	1
hose cart	1
hose guide	1
hose in hose	2
hose mender	1
hot house	1
hotcap	1
humates	1
humectant	1
humic acids	1
humidity meter	1
hummingbird feeder	1
hummingbird food	1
hybridizer	2
icterus	1
impervious soil	1
inarable	1
inarch	1
inarching	1
inbreed	1
inbreeding	2
incanous	1
indeciduous	1
indeterminate	2
indian summer	1
indoor gardening	1
infrared mulch	1
ingraft	1
inoculant	1
inorganic fertilizer	2
inorganic mulch	2
insecticidal soap	3
insecticidal soap	3
insectivorous	1
intake rate	1
intensive planting	1
interbay mulching	1
intergeneric hybrid	1
International Code of Botanical Nomenclature	2
interspecific hybrid	1
invasive	9
iris borer	1
iron	3
iron chelate	2
jardiniere	2
jardiniere stand	1
jet stream sprayer	1
joint	1
juglone	1
kernel	1
key fruit	1
kH	1
kneeler	1
knot	1
knurl	1
koi	1
kudzu	2
lace bug	1
lacecap	1
lacerate	1
lacewing	3
lagoon	1
landraces	1
landscape blocks	1
larvae	1
lasagna composting	3
late blight	1
late freeze	1
lattice	3
leaching	3
leaded wall nail	1
leaf bag	1
leaf blower	1
leaf miner	1
leaf mould	2
leaf roller	1
leafhopper	2
leatherjackets	1
lemma	1
level	1
light	2
light frost	1
light shade	1
limbing up	2
lime requirement	1
lime sulfur	1
limestone	1
liner plants	2
linking stake	1
Linnean	1
littoral	1
live animal trap	1
liverwort	1
loess	2
long reach pruner	1
long season crop	1
lopping	1
lowbush	1
main shoot	1
male plant	1
manganese	1
manger basket	1
manila coin envelope	1
manure fork	1
marginal farmland	1
marginal rays	1
market garden	1
mattock	2
maturation	1
mature specimen	1
maze	1
mechanical filter	1
medicinal plants	2
mesic	1
metal edging	1
migratory	2
milorganite	2
minimum tillage	2
Miracle-Gro®	2
mister	1
monocarpic	4
monoculture	2
moon planting	1
morning sun	1
morphology	1
mosaic	2
moss	2
moth trap	1
mother plant	1
mowing strip	2
mulching mower	1
mule	1
multi-stemmed	1
muriate of potash	1
muricate	1
mushroom	1
mycology	2
needle	2
nemoral	1
netting	1
new growth	1
nicotine sulfate	1
nodulated	1
noid	1
nomenclature	2
non-vascular plant	1
nonporous subsoil	1
nonvascular	1
normal sweet corn	1
northern grasses	1
noxious weed	1
nozzle	1
NPK ratio	2
nursery grown	1
nursery propagated	1
nut tree	1
nutgall	1
oak leaf tea	1
obrotund	1
oedema	1
Old Farmer's Almanac	2
oliolege	1
omnivore	1
open woods	1
operculum	1
orangery	1
orbicular	1
orchard ladder	1
orchidologist	1
orchidology	1
organic fertilizer	1
organophosphate	1
oriental fruit moth	1
orientation	1
orris root	1
outbreeding	1
outgrowth	1
overplant	1
overseeding	1
overwater	2
oxidation	1
Paenibacillus popilliae	1
pagoda	1
parterre	2
parthenocarpic	1
parthenogenic	1
pass-along	2
pastoralist	1
patented	3
patio plant	1
patronym	1
patte d'oie	1
paver	2
paving bricks	1
PBR	1
pea gravel	2
peach house	1
pear slug	1
peavey	1
pectin	2
peds	1
pegging	2
pendulous	1
perennation	1
pernicious weed	1
petrichor	1
pH scale	3
phenotype	2
pheromone trap	1
phloem	1
phosphate	1
phosphorus	1
pine fines	1
pine nut	1
pip	2
pleaching	2
ploidy	2
plug	2
plunging	1
pollarding	2
pollinizer	2
polytepalous	1
pome fruit	2
pond shelf	1
portable ph meter	1
pot feet	1
potato fork	1
potting tray	1
PPAF	1
pradines	1
precocious	1
previous year's growth	1
processed manure	2
propagating bench	1
protected species	1
provenance	1
pruners	2
pulp	1
pungent	1
pup	1
pustule	1
pyrethrin	1
pyrethrum	1
pyriform	1
quarantine regulations	1
rabbit manure	2
rachis	1
railroad tie	1
rainforest	2
rampant	1
ramps	1
remontant	2
renovate	2
renovate	2
replum	2
residue	2
rind	1
riparian	1
rock phosphate	2
rose fertilizer (recipe)	1
ruminant	1
sabadilla	1
saline soil	3
salt hay	1
salverform	2
saprophyte	2
sarcocarp	1
sarment	1
savanna	2
sawdust	1
scab	1
scale	6
scale	6
scale	6
scaly	1
scorch	1
Scoville	2
scratching in	1
screening	1
scuffle hoe	1
SE	2
seashore garden	1
season extender	1
seaweed extract	1
secateurs	1
seed accession	1
seed cleaning	1
seedling	4
seepage	1
selective pruning	1
self-colored	1
semi-evergreen	2
septate	1
set out	1
setting out	1
sewage sludge	1
shade netting	1
shade-tolerant	1
shallow soil	1
sharp sand	1
sheath	1
sheet composting	1
shelterbelt	2
short season crop	1
shot hole	1
shovel prune	1
shubunkin	1
sickle	1
sieve	4
silver orfe	1
single flower	2
single grain soil	1
slat house	1
slater bug	1
slope	1
slough	1
slug bait	1
slug barrier	1
slugs	7
smudge pot	1
soakaway	1
sod cutter	2
sod kicker	1
soil analysis	1
soil classification	1
soil crust	2
soil drench	1
soil food web	1
soil pasteurization	1
soil polymers	2
soil sample	1
soil sterilizing	1
soil temperature	1
soil test	6
soil test	6
soil test	6
soil test	6
soil test	6
soil-borne disease	1
soilless mix	2
solar vent	1
solar-heated plant teepee	1
solarization	2
sori	1
southern grasses	1
sow bug	2
soybean meal	1
species	2
specific epithet	1
spent	1
spice	1
spider mite	2
spitter	1
splash guard	1
splotched	1
sporangia	1
sprayer	1
spraying	2
spraying	2
spreader	1
sprigging	1
spring	2
spring flowering bulbs	1
spring garden	1
spring sowing	1
sprinkling in	1
spritzer	1
sprout	1
spur pruning	1
square foot gardening	1
squash borer	5
squash bug	3
standard	4
standard pot	1
starting medium	1
state trees	1
stick-tights	1
sticky card	1
stinkbug	1
stipe	3
stirps	1
stone dust	1
storing seed	1
stratification	2
streaked	1
stress	3
string algae	1
string trimmer	1
stunted growth	1
subtropical	5
suckers	3
suet	2
suet	2
sugar enhanced	1
summer solstice	1
supersweet	1
support	1
surface roots	1
swale	3
sweating plants	1
symmetrical planting	1
synoecious	1
synonym	2
tamp	2
tannin	3
tautonym	1
taxonomy	2
tender	1
terrace	2
terracing	2
terrestrial	2
theatre	1
thin soil	1
thinning out	3
three sisters	2
tiller	1
tissue culture	3
tomato hornworm	3
tonsure	1
topography	1
topsoil	4
transplant shock	2
trigeneric hybrid	1
tuber	4
tuteur	1
twining	2
understory	3
undesirable plant species	1
variety	5
varmint	1
vascular plant	1
venation	1
vintage	1
vista	1
viviparous	2
vivipary	1
warm season grasses	4
water table	2
water-logged	3
waterfall	1
watershed	1
wattle	1
weed	17
wheelbarrow	2
whip graft	1
whiskey barrel	1
wind break	2
windfall	1
winter annual	1
winter solstice	2
woody ornamentals	1
xanthophyll	2
xeric	2
xerophytic	1
yard	3
yard	3
zen garden	2
zone	3

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