Gardening Glossary
Definitions for gardening terms that start with G
- germinate
Causing a seed to produce growth and eventually become a plant.
- germination
The process of a seed causes itself to produce growth and become a plant.
- girdling
The name for what happens when a tree loses a complete ring of bark around the circumference of its trunk. This condition is typically fatal to a tree.
- grafting
The process of attaching one related plant tissue to another plant tissue. Normally, it is used to connect a superior fruiting tissue to a superior rooting tissue.
- green manure
A plant that is grown purely to enrich or fertilize the soil in which it is grown in. Nitrogen fixing plants, like peas and clover, are examples of this.
- ground cover
A low and densely growing plant that is used to cover normally large areas of ground.
- growing season
The period of time during the year in which a crop, flower or plant can survive and actively grow.
