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Gardeners' glossary A-Z

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Use our easy-to-understand guide to help out with all those confusing gardening terms. From Acicular to Zebrinus, Annual to Zinc, you'll find a simple explanation below.

Umbel

An inflorescence where all the flower stalks arise from the same point, usually the tip, and are of a similar length, eg, cow parsley.

Underplant

Short plants, eg, ground cover, which are grown under taller shrubs or trees.

Understorey

A layer of vegetation, comprising shrubs and small trees, which grows beneath larger trees. Ground cover in a forest or wood.

Undulate

To be wavy. The term can be used to describe leaves or petals that have undulating surfaces or margins.

Unifoliate

To have a single leaf.

Unisexual

Being of one sex. Each flower is either male or female, however, plants may bear flowers of different sexes. See Monoecious.

Urceolate

To be shaped like a pitcher.

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