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Glossary of Terms
To improve knowledge and understanding of all things horticultural we have developed our glossary. It is not exhaustive but will be a key tool for the main terms. Please review the glossary below and let us know if we are missing any key ones.
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| Cultivar |
Literally meaning cultivated variety, cultivar names are given to denote variation within species and that generated by hybridisation, in cultivation. To make them easily distinguishable from botanical names, they are not printed in italics and are enclosed in single quotation marks. Cultivar names should follow the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants(ICNCP) |
| Cultivar Group |
This is a collective name for a group of cultivars within a genus with similar characteristics. The word Group is always included and, where cited with a cultivar name, it is enclosed in brackets, for example, Actaea simplex (Atropurpurea Group)
‘Brunette’, where ‘Brunette’ is a distinct cultivar in a group of purple-leaved cultivars. |
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