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Alpine

Garden; Gardening

Plants from high mountain regions. Anything that is from above the tree line. They are able to overwinter beneath deep snow protected from extreme low temperature by their moisture.

Girdling

Garden; Gardening

The choking of a branch by a wire, rope, or other inflexible material which usually occurs most often in woody stemmed plants that have been tied down too tightly without regard for growth.

Alpine garden

Garden; Gardening

A garden used to grow Alpine plants ( though many of them do not come from the Alps). Rocks are often used in Alpine gardens and can help to keep the roots wet and the leaves dry.

Quincunx

Garden; Gardening

A Quincunx is planting pattern with five points (four to mark a square and one to mark the centre point).

A special greenhouse created to meet the requirements of alpines. It is usually kept cool in the summer by shading the glass. In the winter it is unheated unless it needs to provide protection from ...

Glasshouse

Garden; Gardening

Our friends the British use this in reference to a greenhouse.

Anglo-chinois

Garden; Gardening

The French term for the Serpentine Style of garden layout is Anglo-Chinois. The term originated with the belief that the 'English' style of garden layout was inspired by the Chinese. Walpole argued ...