Glossary of terms

These are plants with long hanging shoots, grown in hanging pots and baskets (циссус, традесканция, сеткреазия, многие пеперомии, хлорофитум, камнеломка и др.). The name itself, translated from German, means "hanging vase for flowers." Amp…

Ampelous

African violet terms

A type of rosette with a pronounced main stem, forming lateral branches and hanging over the edge of the pot.

Ampelous plants

Landscape terms

Plants with twining or trailing stems. Grown in ampels (hanging pots, baskets, etc.). Used for decorating gazebos, trellises, canopies, etc.

Ampelous rosette

Special terms

Type of rosette with a distinct main stem, producing lateral branches and hanging over the edge of the pot.

Amphibius

Bonsai terms

Growing in soil and in water

Amphitheatre

Landscape terms

In ancient Roman architecture, it was an entertainment structure with an elliptical plan. In the 17th–18th centuries they began to build them in parks as decorative structures for holding spectacles. In Baroque parks, the amphitheatre refe…

Amphora

Landscape terms

A clay vessel with a narrow neck and two handles, intended for decorating parks. Used by the ancient Greeks and Romans for storing wine, oil, and grain.

Anaerobes

Cactus grower terms

Microorganisms capable of living and growing without access to free oxygen.

Anemone

Language of flowers - meanings

In the language of flowers: separation, sincerity, hope;

Angle of sharpening of the povoy

Cactus grower terms

The angle at which the bevel is cut (see below).

Angulosus

Bonsai terms

Angular

Angustifolius

Bonsai terms

Narrow-leaved (sometimes the more general term nerifolius is used)

Annual

Special terms

A plant that completes its life cycle from seed to seed in one year.

Anther

Special terms

The upper part of the stamen, the pollen sac.

Anthurium

Language of flowers - meanings

In the language of flowers, courage, passion;

Apex

Cactus grower terms

The tip of a stem or root where the apical meristem is located.

Apical

Cactus grower terms

Apical, situated closer to the morphological end of a plant organ.

Aquaticus

Bonsai terms

Aquatic

Aqueduct

Landscape terms

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.

Ara-kawacho: (ara-kavatyo)

Bonsai terms

A tree with rough bark.

Ara-ki: (ara-ki)

Bonsai terms

A freshly dug-up tree, regarded as a promising bonsai.

Aralia

Language of flowers - meanings

In the language of flowers: closeness, intimacy;

Arborescens

Bonsai terms

Tree-like

Arboretum

Landscape terms

A dendrological garden intended for the acclimatization of plants from various climatic zones.

Arboretum

Landscape terms

A green area composed of various trees and shrubs. It is usually used for conducting scientific work on the acclimatization and introduction of woody plants, for forestry, and for the greening of populated areas.

Architectonics

Landscape terms

In ornamental dendrology, it denotes the structure of the crown; it is determined by its size, shape, the nature of branching of shoots and branches, and the beauty of their mutual arrangement.

Architectural garden

Landscape terms

A type of garden in which garden buildings, architecture, and other man-made structures predominate.

Arenatius

Bonsai terms

Sandy

Areole

Cactus grower terms

Characteristic organ of members of the cactus family. It is a thinly hairy cushion, a hairy or downy area at the apex of the tubercles (bumps) on cactus ribs, covered with a typical cotton-like pubescence, bearing modified bud scales (spin…

Argenteus, Argentus

Bonsai terms

Silvery

Arid conditions

Cactus grower terms

Dry conditions in which the total annual precipitation does not exceed 250 mm.