An organic fertilizer that contains nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. It is a natural nematocide and fungicide. Beneficial Insects-insects that help with the process of pest control, and work in symbiotic relationships with plants (see also parasitic insects)

A specific garden area in which plants are grouped together to create a unified design.

Plants (mainly annuals), nursery grown and suitable for growing in beds. Quick, colorful flowers.

A plant that usually only lives two years, normally producing flowers and seed the second year.

A type of diesel made from biological, or plant produced substances. It has been found to produce a much lower amount of CO2 emissions. Biodiversity-the variation of plant and animal life that naturally occurs in ecosystems. Biodiversity is used to measure the health of an ecosystem, the higher the biodiversity the healthier the ecosystem.

Also known as beneficial insects, this form of pest control utilizes insects as natural predators to eliminate pest insects.

Compound leaf structures with a feather-like formation of leaflets arranged in pairs, with each leaflet also pinnately divided into pairs.

When leaf crops (such as spinach and cabbage) stop producing leaves and send up seed stalks due to warming weather.

Vegetables which quickly go to flower rather than producing the food crop. Usually caused by late planting and too warm temperatures.

The art of growing carefully trained, dwarf plants in containers.

The scientific name of a plant, usually composed of two words,the genus and the species.

Modified scale-like leaves, usually growing just below a flower or flower cluster. Often confused with petals or the flower itself, as in the case of "Dogwoods" or "Poinsettias".

To randomly disperse seeds or other material across a set area.

Early stages of development of a flower or plant growth.

The thickened underground storage organ of the group of perennials which includes daffodils and tulips.