Free planting
Cactus grower terms
Planting of plants into a volume of soil that allows the roots to grow unobstructed in all directions.
Glossary of terms
A reference section with categories and short explanations.
Freesia
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers: trust;
Fringed
African violet terms
Type of petal edge, strongly wavy and curving (for example, in Lyon''s Sashay).
Frond (fertile frond)
Special terms
A fern leaf that bears sporangia. Often it is not visually distinguishable from ordinary (non-spore-bearing) green leaves; however, in some species, for example the staghorn fern, this difference is quite pronounced.
Fruit
Special terms
After fertilization, not only seeds but also fruits develop. Most often the fruit develops from the ovary of the pistil. Fruits are extremely diverse in structure, number of seeds, presence of adaptations for reproduction, and other featur…
Fruit-bearing plants
Special terms
Unlike sterile (non-fruiting) plants, they, thanks to "sexual organs" (the pistil and pollen), produce fruits.
Fruiting buds
Cactus grower terms
Buds that produce flowers after opening.
Frutescens
Bonsai terms
Shrubby
Fuchsia
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers: goodwill;
Fukinagashi: (fukinagashi)
Bonsai terms
Wind-swept style. The trunk and branches are bent and grow in one direction, as if under the influence of the wind. Container: oval or rectangular.
Fungicides
Cactus grower terms
Substances that kill fungi.
Funiculus
Cactus grower terms
(From Latin funiculus - stalk, cord) - the seed stalk by which the ovule is attached to the wall of the ovary (placenta).
Fusariosis
Cactus grower terms
Fungal disease of cacti.