Flowing beneath the oak branches, the sun’s rays magically turned Salvia ‘Maraschino’ gilt and deciduous appearing. But the foliage of this evergreen perennial was and still is green. What a treat, mid-morning, to view the highlighted foliage from my office window!
Bolting:
Premature formation of flower and seedstalk usually in biennial crops during the first year of growth and in crops during a heat wave.
Ped:
A single natural soil aggregate such as crumb, prism, or granule.
Cyme:
A flat-topped or domed flower head in which the center flowers open first.
Leader:
The main shoot of a sapling that eventually becomes the trunk of the tree.
Crown:
The plant crown is where the stem meets the roots. Most crowns are planted at soil level or a little above ground level. Burying the crown below the soil can lead to rot and eventually kill the plant.
Canker:
A bacterial or fungal disease on woody plants. Gradual death will occur in the cambium layer leaving sunken bark lesions.
Alternate:
Leaves, buds or shoots that occur singly at different heights on the stem, alternating between one side of the stem and the other.
In and Around the Garden 