Gardening Terms

4. The average date when the temperature drops to 32°F or lower.
5. When a plant becomes established in a new environment and can reproduce and spread on its own.
6. The transfer of pollen from a flower’s stamen to the pistil, which results in the forming of a seed.
11. A plant that has just emerged from its seed.
13. A geographic temperature zone that indicates where certain plants can thrive.
15. Producing new plants by natural processes using the parent plants.
16. Having little or no woody parts and lasting usually for a single growing season.
18. A plant that keeps its leaves throughout the growing season.
20. Dormant plants that have been removed from the ground, with their soil also removed, and preserved until later planting.
21. A plant that has a one-year life cycle.
23. A plant that loses its leaves each fall or winter.
24. A flowering plant’s unit of reproduction, capable of developing into another such plant.

1. A plant that lives for multiple growing seasons.
2. The beginning of a seed’s growth.
3. Seeds that develop and grow naturally through wind, insect activity, or soil movement.
7. A plant that is difficult to control.
8. The period—usually winter—when a plant rests.
9. A plant that has a two-year life cycle.
10. A plant that can withstand exposure to frost without protection.
12. Growing spontaneously without direct human control or supervision.
13. An open-pollinated plant variety that has remained unchanged for 50 years or more.
14. Plants grown for the way they look, not for consumption or for economic use.
17. A woody plant that is smaller than a tree and has several main stems arising at or near the ground.
19. A low-growing (usually 18 inches or less), spreading plant.
22. Plants that have underground, fleshy storage structures in which they store their complete life cycle.