Northeast Regional Library Trees Glossary

A specialist in the cultivation and care of trees and shrubs.

When one plant pollinates a plant of another variety, combining their genetic material to create a plant that shares the DNA of both parent plants.

‘Cultivated Variety’) a plant variety that has been cultivated and bred by humans for desirable traits such as color and growth habit.

Pieces of a plant used to propagate new plants that are replicas of the parent plant. These pieces contain hormones which cause new roots to grow, and the cutting can then be planted. Cuttings can either be taken from softwood or hardwood, depending on the type of plant.

A tree that is artificially kept to a smaller size than the typical trees of the species.

A plant that produces a lot of flowers.

The leaves of a plant

The art or practice of garden cultivation and management

One species of a plant that has been bred with a plant of another species or variety

An insect whose larvae live in and eat the leaf tissue of plants.

A place where plants are propagated and grown to eventually be sold.

The origins of the plant / where the plant came from.

The process which grows new plants from a variety of sources: seeds, cuttings and other plant parts.

A detached living part of a plant, such as a bud or shoot, used when grafting (growing) a plant.

Having or consisting of leaves that are edged or patterned in a second color, often white and green.

Having long, narrow branches that tend to droop downward.

A deformity in a woody plant, resulting in a cluster of short twigs that resemble a broom or a bird’s nest.