Winter garden
Landscape terms
A large glazed room or part of a room for growing exotic plants. It is furnished with pools, sculptures, and fountains.
Glossary of terms
A reference section with categories and short explanations.
Wisteria
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers "Welcome!";
Xanthinus
Bonsai terms
Yellow
Xerophytes
Cactus grower terms
(From Greek xeros - dry and phyton - plant) - plants of dry habitats, adapted to withstand overheating and lack of water (dehydration), characteristic of a given area.
Xyst
Landscape terms
A small area in front of a house in the form of a flat garden divided into squares or rectangles with a clear axial layout, predominantly featuring lawns and borders.
Yarrow
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers, a wish for recovery; distrust of chatterboxes;
Yose-ue: (ёсэ-уэ)
Bonsai terms
Group planting, a grove. Several plants in a flat container representing a grove. The number of plants is odd. Container: rectangular, oval (very shallow, not deep).
Zinnia (mixed)
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers "I think of an absent friend";
Zinnia (red)
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers, lasting attachment;
Zinnia (scarlet)
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers: constancy;
Zinnia (white)
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers: kindness, magnanimity;
Zinnia (yellow)
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers "I remember you every day";
Zonalis
Bonsai terms
Edged
Zoning of the territory
Landscape terms
Division of the territory of a settlement, park, garden, or homestead plot into zones with different functional purposes.
Zoochory
Cactus grower terms
Dispersal of seeds by animals. Epizoochory - on the body of animals; endozoochory - inside the animal's body.
Zoochory
Special terms
Dispersal of fruits, seeds, and other plant parts by animals.
Zoophobes
Cactus grower terms
Plants that have defensive adaptations against being eaten by animals.
Zygomorphic flower
Cactus grower terms
(From Greek zeugos - pair and morphe - form) a flower through which only one axis of symmetry can be drawn.
pH value
Special terms
Determines the concentration of hydrogen ions. A value of 7 indicates soil neutrality. Lower indicates acidity, higher indicates alkalinity. Most plants prefer a pH between 5.5 and 6.5. The pH can be easily determined with litmus paper (so…