📚 Garden Glossary

71 Australian gardening terms explained — from beginner basics to advanced concepts.

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Damping off
A common fungal disease of seedlings where the stem collapses at soil level. Caused by sev...
Pests and disease
Deadheading
Removing spent flowers from plants before they set seed. Encourages continued flowering by...
Technique
Deciduous
Plants that shed all their leaves seasonally, typically in autumn, and remain leafless thr...
Plant types
Deficit irrigation
Deliberately applying less water than a plant requires at certain growth stages to stress ...
Watering
Direct sowing
Planting seeds directly into the ground where they will grow to maturity, rather than star...
Sowing
Dormancy
A period of minimal metabolic activity and growth in a plant, typically triggered by cold ...
Plant behaviour
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