Glossary of 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).

Native plants

Термины кактусовода

Plants that originated and, in the course of evolution, have continued to inhabit the locality to the present time.

Outline

Ландшафтные термины

The linear outline of an object, the contour of a tree or shrub; 2) a plan of an area, drawn by hand, indicating the planting locations of plants, the arrangement of structures, roads, etc.

Autogamy

Термины кактусовода

Self-pollination and self-fertilization in plants.

Self-sterility

Термины кактусовода

Inability of pollen to fertilize the egg cells of its own flower.

Stylized plant motif used in the design of garden parterres of the 17th–18th centuries. It usually took the form of a bunch of branches, leaves, or petals radiating from a single point at the edge of the parterre.

Plant adaptation

Термины кактусовода

The totality of structural and physiological characteristics of an organism and plant responses, including genetic changes, that ensure the ability to exist under specific environmental conditions and the resilience required for preservati…

Adventitious roots

Термины кактусовода

"Waiting roots" - root primordia of cacti that form during prolonged absence of water. In a moist environment they can very quickly activate and develop into a normal root system with its characteristic functions.

Adventive plants

Термины кактусовода

"Foreign" to the given locality.

Azalea

Язык цветов - значения

In the language of flowers "Take care of yourself for me"; a symbol of femininity, fragility, meekness, restraint, devotion; but at the same time - passion and sorrow.;

Acanthus (bear's paw)

Язык цветов - значения

In the language of flowers, art;

Acacia (white)

Язык цветов - значения

In the language of flowers, platonic love, "Why is my love unrequited?";

Acacia (yellow)

Язык цветов - значения

In the language of flowers, love has left;

Acacia (blooming)

Язык цветов - значения

In the language of flowers: secret love, chastity, loneliness;

Acacia (pink)

Язык цветов - значения

In the language of flowers: elegance, charm;

Aqueduct

Ландшафтные термины

A conduit for delivering water from distant sources. As a decorative element in garden and park design, it was introduced into Romantic gardens in the second half of the 18th century.

Acclimatization

Термины кактусовода

The adaptation of plants to new, unfamiliar conditions of growth, primarily soil and climatic conditions.

Aconite (ранункулус, buttercup)

Язык цветов - значения

In the language of flowers: misanthropy, imminent danger, poisonous words;

High-mountain plants

Термины кактусовода

Plants of high mountains.

Axil

Термины кактусовода

A depression, the axil between the tubercles of certain genera and species of cacti, from which flowers and shoots develop.

Seed activation

Термины кактусовода

Treatment of seeds before sowing.

Accent

Ландшафтные термины

In garden and park art, emphasis is placed on a detail (a group of trees, a tree, or a shrub) within the overall landscape composition. An accent element of the landscape can be a sculpture, a gazebo, or any other architectural form.

Alkaloids

Термины кактусовода

Organic nitrogen-containing substances of predominantly plant origin that exert varying effects on the nervous system of animals and humans.