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State the primary purpose of leaves

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To create food for the plant through photosynthesis

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Describe the process that helps to cool the leaf in heat

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In dry air, water vapour moves out of the leaf to try and equalise the humidity inside the leaf and the dry air outside it. Diffusion

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Describe the leaf adaptation to reflect sunlight & 3 plants that have adapted to do this

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silver hairs reflect strong sunlight
-Stachys byzantina
-Senecio cineraria ‘Silver Dust’
-Senecio candidans ANGEL WINGS (‘Senaw’ pbr)

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What is a leaf adaptation against herbivory?

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Prickly leaves. Ilex aquifolium

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What is a leaf adaptation against water loss?

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Reduced leaf area. Lavandula spp

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What is a leaf adaptation against drought?

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Thickened leaves to act as water storage. Aloe vera

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What is totipotency?

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Every part of the plant contains the genetic information to become any other part of the plant. DNA in the cell nucleus contains all the information to become any part of the plant tissue.

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Why is totipotency important to horticulturists?

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It makes cloning of specific traits/habits in plants possible. Cloning of desired plants from leaves, stems, roots.

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List 5 purposes of the plant stem

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  1. supports the plant
  2. Positions leaves in optimal place to capture sunlight
  3. Holds up flowers for pollinators
  4. Acts as a conduit between roots (where minerals and water are) to leaves
  5. Link between leaves (where food is manufactured) and all the growing parts of the plant (roots, shoots, flowers, fruit), where food is needed
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Explain secondary thickening

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In eudicots, the vascular bundles gradually join up to form complete rings with xylem on the outside and phloem on the inside. As the plant grows, a new layer of xylem is laid down inside the cambium. Year after year, new layers of x&p are laid down. The phloem pushes out and the xylem is compressed inwards and forms the ring within a tree trunk. The epidermis thickens and becomes corky protective bark.

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Describe a stem defense adaptation

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Short branches arising from auxillary buds evolve into thorns. Stops herbivory.
Pyracantha rogersiana

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What are tendrils and twining stems?

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Stems elongate and support themselves through other plants.
Lonicera periclymenum. Wisteria spp.

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What are stolons?

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Lateral stems that grow horizontally over the soil surface, producing adventitious roots at some nodes and adventitious buds and subsequently new plants along its length.
Fragaria x ananassa
Ranunculus repens

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What are tubers?

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organs formed at the end of rhizomes which store food over winter and develop into independent plants the following year.
Solanum tuberosum

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What are runners?

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Over ground stolons that only put down roots at its tip.
Rubus cockburnianus ‘Wyevale’

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What are glandular hairs/ducts?

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stems that contain essential oils that make them unpalatable to grazing.
Salvia nemerosa ‘Cardonna’

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What is a stem adaptation against cold?

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Stems are kept below ground so dormant buds are protected from cold damage in winter.
Anemone nemerossa (rhizome)

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List 5 ways stems can be used for propagation

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  1. Soft wood cutting taken from young material in active growth - Salvia
  2. Hardwood cuttings from longer sections of a one year old stem. Quercus
  3. Semi-ripe cuttings from deciduous material late summer through the autumn. Lavendula
  4. Layering producing roots when nodes on the branch or stems touching the ground. Cornus sanguinea
  5. Air layering by placing a wound in a stem and then wrapping in spaghnum moss to encourage new roots. The shoot is severed up to a year later and grows away on its on roots. Ficus elastica
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What is the primary function of roots?

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To take up water.
Also, to anchor the plant, bring in nutrients and help plants survive winter cold

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What are fibrous roots?

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In monocots. Multi-branched and occupying a large area in the upper top soil. Helps to prevent soil erosion. Ammophila arenaria

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What are tap roots?

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In eudicots. main roots that grown deep into the ground to source water and anchor the plant. Quercus alba

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What are foraging roots?

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Roots spread out over a wide area in the soil. Also fine hairs increase the surface area which can absorb water. Cacti

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What is tropisms?

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Growth movement in a specific direction. The radical emerges from the seed first and grows downwards.

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What are adventitious roots?

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Roots above ground. Stilt roots - Zea mays
Prop roots - Ficus benghalis

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What are tubers?

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Thickened lateral roots that have adapted to store nutrients over the winter. Dahlias

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What are pneumatophores?

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Roots that emerge above ground in water logged soils or bogs. Taxodium distichum

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What are adventitious buds?

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Develop from shallow roots creating ‘suckers’ Cornus or Rhus typhina

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What are root nodules in legumes?

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Rhyzobium bacteria enters through root hairs and causes cells to divide forming outgrowths or root nodules. The bacteria feeds off of sugars from the plant and also fixes nitrogen from the air so it is accessible by the plant.

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What are aerial roots?

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Roots that develop from a stem. They help support the plant in growing towards the sunlight. Hedera helix

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Describe the symbiotic relationship between plants and fungi

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Network of fungal filaments spread through the soil and reaching areas the plant roots cannot. They bring in nutrients like phosphorus in exchange for sugars produced in photosynthesis

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How are roots used in propagation?

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substantial one-year roots are cut into sections and inserted vertically into the soil (right way up!), thinner roots can be laid horizontally across the soil. The cuttings act as a food store, first new shoots and then eventually new roots are formed from the top of the cutting.

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Describe a raceme

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Flowers are attached to main stem by short stalks. Main axis continues to grow and produce flowers.
Example: Genista racemosa

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Describe a corymb

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All pedicels grow different amounts to reach the same level. Forms a platform for insects to land.
Example: Sambucus nigra

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Describe a simple umbel

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Pedicels arise from the same point.
Example: Agapanthus spp

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Describe a panicle

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Each branch is a raceme and on each the flowers open from the base of the raceme.
Example: Astilbe arendsii

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Describe a cyme

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The main axis forms a flower at its tip; then lateral buds form panicles of flowers which open from the top downwards.
Example: Begonia semperflorens

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Describe a capitulum

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Daisy-type flower: Showy ray florets attract pollinators to the fertile disc florets which are arranged in a mass for efficient pollen transfer.
Example: Helianthus annuus

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Describe a verticillaster

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whorled; flowers borne in rings at intervals up the stem, lower rings opening first. Tip continues to grow, producing more whorls.
Example: Stachys byzantina

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What is the reason for flowering time adaptations in flowers?

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To take advantage of pollinators available at the time of flowering and to attract the most pollinators in order to promote cross-pollination.

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What is dichogamy?

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When the stamens and stigma mature at different times on a flower.

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What is protandry?

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When the stamens ripen, produce and release pollen before the stigma of the flower is ready to accept pollen.
Example: Chamaenerion augustifolium

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What is protogyny?

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When the stigma matures first and is pollinated before the plant produces its own pollen.
Example: Magnolia grandiflora

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43
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Name a flower with ultra violet markings to attract bees

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Alstroemeria spp

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44
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Name a flower that uses scent to attract pollinators

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Daphne spp

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45
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Name a flower with nectaries

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Tricyrtis formosana

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What is a hermaphrodite flower?`

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Perfect or entire. Having both male and female parts

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What is an imperfect flower?

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Having only male or female parts

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What is a monoecious plant?

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Having separate male and female flowers on the same plant.
Example: Juglans regia

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What is a dioecious plant?

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Male plants and female plants. Enforced cross-pollination.
Example: Ilex crenata

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Define cross-pollination

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Pollen from one plant lands on the stigma from another of the same species

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51
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Define self-pollination

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Pollen from one plant lands on the stigma of the same exact plant. Not advantageous as it doesn’t bring in new genetic material

52
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How can a flower adapt to encourage cross-pollination?

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Heterstyly: flower structure differs in placement of stigma and anthers between clumps of primula

53
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Characteristics of insect pollinated plants

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Large flowers
Brightly coloured petals
Anthers inside the flower structure
Sticky and relatively large pollen grains
Landing pads or large inflorences
Scented
Nectaries and nectar guides

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Characteristics wind pollinated plants

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small flowers
Green or white flowers
Loosely attached anthers, catkins
Light and smooth pollen grains
Large feathery stigmas hanging outside the flower
Basically unscented
Large quantities of pollen
Taller than insect pollinated plants

55
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What is the purpose of seeds?

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To ensure the continuation of the species

56
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Why do some plants produce large quantities of small seeds and others small quantities of large seeds?

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Small seeds will fail in adverse conditions as they do not have a large store of food. Producing a vast number ensures that a number of them will germinate. Large seeds have a better chance of germinated in adverse conditions.

57
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What does a viable seed need to be able to germinate?

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Water/moisture
Light
Oxygen
Temperature (warm)

58
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What plant releases seed into the wind

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Nigella damascena releases seed via capsules

59
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What plant uses an explosive mechanism to release seed?

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Cardamine hirsuta releases seed when touched

60
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What plant uses twist and split to release seed?

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Ulex europeans

61
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What plant uses animals to transport seed?

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Galium aparine

62
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What plant relies on animals to eat and digest its seeds?

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Berberis thunbergii

63
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Describe dormancy

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Reduced metabolic activity

64
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4 ways dormancy is imposed on seeds

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Seedcoat prevents water from entering
Seedcoat blocks oxygen
Embryo contains inhibitor chemicals
Embryo not fully formed when seed is shed and needs time to form before germination

65
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What is stratification?

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Chilling seeds to break dormancy

66
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What is scarification?

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Breaking down the seed coat to allow water and gases in

67
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What is washing and soaking?

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Removing inhibitors in fruits to let seeds germinate

68
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How do you store orthodox seeds?

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They are dry and can be stored at cool temperatures for many years. Best stored in a fridge in paper bags/envelopes within a plastic bag.

69
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How do you store recalcitrant seeds?

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They are high in fats/oil and do not store well. Can be kept for a short time and must not dry out. Store in a cool place in plastic bags of moist sand/peat substitute/fine vermiculite

70
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Name a ground-hugging plant

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Saxifraga spp

71
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Name a dwarf or sub-shrub

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Erica cornea

72
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Name a ground cover plant

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Vinca major

73
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Name a herbaceous perennial

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Echinacea pupurea

74
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Name a seasonal ephemeral

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Galanthus nivalis

75
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Name an evergreen perennial

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Epimedium x rubrum

76
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Name a tender perennial

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Canna indica

77
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Name a deciduous tree

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Cornus kousa

78
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Name an evergreen tree

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Thuja plicata

79
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Name a shrub

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Buxus sempervirens

80
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4 key essentials of a Persian garden

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water, shade, flowers, music

81
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4 different types of enclosed gardens following Roman period

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Physics, Mary, Courtly, hortus

82
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Describe a paradise garden

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Verdant, flowing springs, stimulate all the senses, dates & pomegranates, strong geometric forms, ornamental motifis - esp flowers, not people

83
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Key features of a Renaissance garden

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Reflect the magnificence of the owner, located on a hillside with natural springs to power the fountains, lots of statuary, exotic plantings from explorers, vast retaining walls, staircases

84
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Key features of a Baroque garden

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Strong main axis, cascades/features at end of every vista, walks of pleached trees, mazes, arbours, topiary, knot gardens

85
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Key features of English Landscape Gardens

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William Kent (Roushan Park), Charles Bridgeman (Haha), Lancelot Brown (Blenheim), Humphry Repton (Stowe). Less expensive to maintain, natural, carriage paths hidden, vistas and focal points, no clipped topiary

86
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Key features of a Picturesque garden

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Idealised the wilder aspects of nature. Echoed romanticism in poetry at the time. Lake District, Central Park. Uvedale Price, William Gilpin

87
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Key features of a Gardenesque garden

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John Louden. Individual plants and trees most important. Serpentine mounds to display trees. Derby Arboretum

88
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Key gardens designed by Sir Joseph Paxton

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Chatsworth House, Birkenhead Park, Hesketh Park, Peoples Park, Princes Park

89
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Why did bedding schemes become popular after 1845?

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Glass tax had been abolished, making greenhouses more affordable

90
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Key points of William Robinson’s Wild Garden style

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All hardy plants, allowed to grow to natural form and size, no straight lines or hard edges, subtle flower colours, foliage of equal importance to flowers, long grass, meadows

91
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5 of Robinson’s wild gardens

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Gravetye, Bodnant, Castlewellen, Knight Shayes, Mount Usher

92
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Key features of Arts and Crafts gardens

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Celebration of local crafts people, harmonizing, Dovecotes, Garden houses, pergolas, unity of house and garden, Drifts of colour. Sissinghurst - Vita Sackville-West, Kelmscott - William Morris, Hidcote - Lawrence Johnston

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Define ‘plant association’ in ecological terms

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A group of plants which naturally occur together on a site

94
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Define ‘plant association’ in horticultural terms

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plant groupings which work well together, complimenting each other in leaf form, growth habit and height

95
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What are harmonious colours?

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Adjacent on the colour wheel

96
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What are complimentary colours?

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opposite on the colour wheel

97
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What are triadic colours?

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3 colours equally spaced on the colour wheel

98
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What plant can give vertical interest?

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Phyllostachys nigra, Phormium tenax

99
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What plant can give a garden structure?

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Taxus baccata, Buxus sempervirens

100
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Name plants for wildlife

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Crataegus mongyna (shelter, pollen, berries, nesting sites), Cardamine pratense (food source for orange-tipped butterfly), Quercus robur (supports 280 species of insect)

101
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Name a plant for a horizontal plane

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Vinca major, Cornus controversa ‘variagata’

102
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Name a plant for vertical lines

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Dicksonia antarctica, Phyllostachys nigra

103
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Name a plant for screening

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Tilia spp, Taxus baccata

104
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What is an ecosystem service?

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Benefits to humans provided by the natural environment

105
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What plants improve air quality?

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Cotoneaster franchetti, Planatus trees

106
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What plant is good for mitigating water pollution?

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Arundo donax, reeds to filter pollutants out of waterways and runoffs

107
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What are good for crop pollination?

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Lathyrus odoratus planted with runner beans, Hedera helix allows habitats for pollinators

108
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What can control erosion on slopes?

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Ammophila arenaria (grass, monocot with shallow fibrous roots)

109
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What are the intangible benefits of plants>

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Soothing sounds of rustling grasses, Miscanthus sinensis. Soothing sweet scent of Sarcococca confusa

110
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How can plants help with climate mitigation?

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Trees to shade urban areas, roof gardens & green roofs can help insulate buildings as well as slow down rain fall, Long-lived plants like trees are a carbon sink, raingardens and swales absorb water slowly from hardscaping (persicaria, fillependium)

111
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What is an edible landscape?

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Food grown outside of large scale farming

112
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How can you grow herbs for an edible landscape?

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between paving stones, in a gravel garden, in a traditional border, pots/containers

113
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How to grow vegetables?

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Allotment beds, not more than 1.5 meters wide, raised beds, pots/containers/grow bags

114
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What is a Potager garden?

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ornamental kitchen garden, edible flwoers, herbs and vegetables planted within a formal framework. Rosemary Verey -Barnsley House, Chateau de Villandry. Decorative as well as productive

115
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Describe ‘Incredible Edibles’

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2007 in West Yorkshire - volunteers reclaim unused urban spaces/street corners, planters, and grow fruit/veg for anyone to pick and enjoy. 120 in England today, 700 worldwide

116
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What is Crop Rotation?

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changing the crops grown in a bed each year. Large Bottoms Pop Out Regularly. Legumes, Brassicas, Potatoes, Onions/roots. Legumes will fix the nitrogen. Rotating stops the build-up of crop specific pests and diseases

117
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Different growing systems for vegetables

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Traditional (rough digs, top dressing of fertilizer)
Organic (Pyrethrum pesticide, hand weed controls)
No dig (large supply of organic matter, Charles Dowding)
Biodynamic (Steiner, rhythm of planets/moon)

118
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name an annual bedding plant

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Cosmos bipinnatus

119
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hardy annual

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Nigella damascena

120
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tender perennial

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Pelargonium zonale

121
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short lived perennial

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Erysium cheiri

122
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bulb

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Tulipa ‘Queen of the Night’

123
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What plants are in a traditional summer bedding display

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Lobelia erinus, Ageratum houstonian, Salvia splenens, Pelargonium zonale, Standard fuschia. All require regular watering schemes, come packed in plastic and will be thrown out at the end of a season. But they are pleasant for people and good for pollinators. Trailing forms of lobelia and Fuschia for containers and hanging baskets

124
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Positive and negative aspects of an annual border

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temporary, cheap and a mass of colour - good for pollinators and filling in gaps while perennials establish. Can be very drought tolerant. Wasteful as they do not survive a frost. Cosmos, Calendula officinalis

125
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Positive/negatives of winter/spring bedding display

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Provides flowers for pollinators when little else is flowering, always discarded at end of season, very wasteful - plastics.

126
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What is an annual meadow?

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Papavar rhoeas, Centaura cyanus, Barley/wheat. Sown onto bare soil, plants flower within 3 months, leave them to self-seed. Seeds involve less packaging than plants, urban spaces with flowers are less often vandalized. A pictorial meadow includes annuals and perennials. Few negative aspects

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