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palace

Garden; Gardening

Palace derives from the Latin palatium, which derives from the name of the Palatine Hill in Rome on which Augustus built his house.

compost

Garden; Gardening

Usual meaning for the house plant grower is a potting or seed/cutting mixture made from peat ("soil less compost") or sterilized soil ("loam compost") plus other materials such as sand, lime, and ...

mirador

Garden; Gardening

A Mirador, from the Spanish mirar=to look, is room or tower, usually on the edge of a garden, from which there is a good view ( a mirador is similar to a Belvedere).

Not your normal street gangster, but close to it. Thugs are invasive plants. We enjoy their attractiveness but they will take over a garden. They are growing in the right conditions, but ironically ...

dish garden

Garden; Gardening

This arrangement is most seen in florists. Many plants grown together to be used indoors for a focal point of greenery. (see European Dish Garden article)

palaestra

Garden; Gardening

Palaestra derives from the Greek palaio (meaning to wrestle) and describes a wrestling school.

wet feet

Garden; Gardening

A condition when the roots of plants are in standing water. They will eventually rot if they don't normally grow in wet conditions like aquatic plants.