LO 2 - Explain Terms Flashcards
What is an Annual Plant?
An annual plant is a plant that completes its life cycle, from germination to the production of seeds, within one growing season, and then dies.
What is an Perennial Plant?
A perennial plant is a plant that lives more than two years.
What is an Biennial Plant?
Biennial plants have a two-year life cycle. During the first year, they grow only the roots, stems and leaves. In the second year they come into flower, produce seeds and die.
What does deciduous mean?
Deciduous refers to plants that shed their leaves in the autumn.
What does evergreen mean?
Evergreen refers to plants that live long lives and keep their leaves during autumn and winter.
What is a Herbaceous plant?
A herbaceous plant has non-woody stems and reach their full height and produce flower within one year.
What is a Shrub?
A shrub or bush is a small to medium sized, deciduous or evergreen, perennial woody plant.
What is a Shrub?
A shrub or bush is a small to medium sized, deciduous or evergreen, perennial woody plant.
What are Bedding Plants?
Herbaceous, annual flowers and vegetables that lack the ability to survive freezing temperatures; bedding plants include impatiens, petunias, marigolds, tomatoes, and many other plants.
What are Bulbs?
Short, flattened stems that bear fleshy food storage leaves; examples of bulbs include tulip and narcissus
What is Corm?
A short, swollen, underground stem; crocus and gladiolas are corms.
What are Foliage plants?
Tropical and subtropical plants grown for their leaves rather than for their flowers and selected for their ability to be grown indoors; they are also called houseplants.
What is Layering?
A propagation method in which roots form on the stem of the plant while it is still attached to the parent plant.
What is Perlite?
A heat-treated lava rock that is lightweight with low nutrient and moisture holding capacity.
What is Perlite?
A heat-treated lava rock that is lightweight with low nutrient and moisture holding capacity.
