Basiphilous plants
Cactus grower terms
Plants that prefer soils with pH 7-9.
Glossary of terms
A reference section with categories and short explanations.
Begonia
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers "Beware!";
Bellflower
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers: humility, submissiveness, constancy; talkativeness; "Why do you torment me with whims?";
Bellflower (Irish)
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers, luck;
Bengalinis
Bonsai terms
Bengal
Berceau, bindage
Landscape terms
An arched alley formed by semicircular woven frames on which the crowns of trees met (linden, hornbeam); an area of a garden surrounded by vaulted alleys. Used in gardens and parks of the Baroque era.
Bevel
Cactus grower terms
Circular removal of cactus tissue during cuttings or grafting, preventing the retraction of drying tissues. It looks like "sharpening to a pencil".
Biennial
Special terms
A plant that completes its full life cycle from seed germination to the production of fruits and seeds in two years.
Biennis
Bonsai terms
Biennial
Biflorus
Bonsai terms
Two-flowered
Bifolius
Bonsai terms
Two-leaved
Bilberry
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers, trust;
Biloba
Bonsai terms
Bifid, bilobed
Bindweed
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers, beauty;
Binomial nomenclature
Cactus grower terms
A universally accepted system of names in biology in which each living organism has a genus and species name. For example: genus Mammillaria, species plumosа.
Biological nomenclature
Cactus grower terms
Also known as taxonomy - the generally accepted rules for naming living organisms.
Biological rhythms
Cactus grower terms
Cyclic fluctuations in the intensity and nature of biological processes.
Biology
Cactus grower terms
A comprehensive science of living nature. The subject of study of biology is life in all its manifestations.
Biomass
Cactus grower terms
The amount of living matter of an organism (for example, a species).
Biomorph
Cactus grower terms
The external appearance of plants reflecting their adaptation to environmental conditions and expressed in similarities of morphological characters, structural features, life cycle, etc.
Biotope
Cactus grower terms
An ecologically homogeneous area of the habitat (niche) of plants.
Biotype
Cactus grower terms
A group of individuals of a given species, genetically and ecologically homogeneous.
Bird cherry
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers, joy.
Bittersweet nightshade
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers, truth;
Bole
Garden terms
Part of the tree trunk from the root collar to the first branching.
Bolson
Cactus grower terms
Closed basins in the arid regions of the Americas. The floor is usually flat and filled with sediments, often covered with calcareous hardened crusts.
Bonkei: (bonkei)
Bonsai terms
A natural landscape on a tray (rocks, plants, figurines of animals, houses).
Bonsai
Landscape terms
The art of growing dwarf trees, through which the Japanese created miniature gardens.
Bonsai
Special terms
A method of cultivating plants in which, through bending, pruning, and other specialized techniques, a miniature form of a mature plant is produced.
Border
Landscape terms
A low, narrow strip of plants bordering individual areas in gardens and parks.
Bosquet
Landscape terms
A closed, geometrically defined space, bordered on all sides by walls of densely planted trees that have been specially clipped. In Baroque-era parks, the enclosed spaces inside bosquets were called cabinets or green halls. The predominant…
Botanical garden
Landscape terms
A green area intended for scientific research and cultural and educational work in the fields of botany, plant cultivation, and the greening of populated areas.
Botany
Cactus grower terms
The science of plants, their structure, biology, ecology, distribution, and classification.
Boulevard
Landscape terms
A wide, planted strip set off on the roadway along one or both sides of a street or embankment, intended for pedestrian movement and short-term recreation. The term “boulevard” originally referred to the ramparts of fortress fortifications…
Bouquet of dried flowers
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers, rejected love;
Bract, bracteal leaf
Special terms
Reduced or modified green (or otherwise colored) leaf at the base of a flower. Sometimes several bracts are formed.
Brefolius
Bonsai terms
With very short leaves
Brevis
Bonsai terms
Short
Brevisimus
Bonsai terms
Very short
Brittanicus
Bonsai terms
British