Spring Flowers

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Across
  1. 3. Method of manipulating plants to bloom out of their natural season using controlled environments
  2. 5. scientific name for a carnation
  3. 7. Plant that has been selected for desired traits & retains those traits when propagated
  4. 8. flowering plant that completes its life cycle in two growing seasons
  5. 11. require <12 hrs of darkness to flowers
  6. 12. require >12 hrs of darkness to flower
  7. 13. the process of increasing the number of plants of a particular species or cultivar
  8. 14. one of two main floral-producing holidays in the spring
  9. 15. genus (sci.) of the lily
  10. 16. Recurring cycle of uninterrupted light and dark periods a plant is exposed to
  11. 17. a plant that completes its life cycle, from germination to the production of seeds, within one growing season, and then dies
Down
  1. 1. plants that live year after year
  2. 2. Responses of a plant to the relative lengths of daylight and darkness
  3. 4. building designed for the protection of tender or out-of-season plants against excessive cold or heat
  4. 6. a place where plants are propagated and grown to a desired size
  5. 9. Latin name for a daffodil
  6. 10. plant type that doesn't flower based on photoperiod