TERMINOLOGY
ANNUALS
Plants that don't grow back after freezing, so must be planted every year, including flowers, herbs, and grasses.

EVERGREEN
Plants that hold green foliage year-round. Leaves are renewed on a regular basis, but older foliage falls while new growth stays green.

HARDSCAPE
The walks, patios, sheds, arbors, trellises, pools, and other structural elements of the landscape.

KNOT
A complex, compact, interlacing pattern of plantings in a garden bed.

PARTERRE
A garden in which beds and paths are designed to form a pattern.

SOFTSCAPE
The trees, shrubs, foliage, and flowers in a landscape.

XERISCAPE
Landscape design for dry conditions.


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