Gardening

Gardening

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Victory garden

Garden; Gardening

Homeowners during World War II, who grew gardens to provide for themselves or to support the war effort.

Niche

Garden; Gardening

A Niche is a shallow recess in a wall or hedge, for placing a sculpture or for decorative effect.

Variegated leaf

Garden; Gardening

A green leaf design which is blotched, edged, or spotted with yellow, white, or cream color.

Damping off

Garden; Gardening

This is a decayed young seedling at ground level, caused by a fungal attack. The result of soil borne diseases and over watering.

Variety

Garden; Gardening

One of possibly many closely-related plat species. The variety name is usually in Latin.

Deadheading

Garden; Gardening

Pinch here, snip there, removing spent flowers that have already bloomed. This is done for the benefit of the plant to prevent disease, prevent seed development and will encourage more vigorous ...

Open pollinated

Garden; Gardening

Any plant that has been pollinated in the field. In direct contrast to hybrid varieties that will grow true to variety the plants produced will be true to the parents.