Water movement through the plant – 1
There are two phases in which water moves: from soil to root from root to leaf. Water movement from soil…
Calcifuges and Calcicoles
Shrubs – these are deciduous or evergreen woody plants that provide a variety of fragrant flowers, berries, autumn colour, foliage…
Informal and Formal Garden Design – R2111
2012/05/exotic-trend-vertical-flower-beds R2111 – Understanding Garden features, Plant Selection and Planning, 4.1. Understand the characteristics of accepted garden design styles: “Describe…
RHS Horticulture: Garden Planning – Site Assessment Part 2
Exploring Documentary Evidence A variety of sources can be used to help you learn more about the original garden and…
RHS Horticulture: Garden Planning – Site Assessment Part 1
Before creating a new design for a garden, it’s important to complete a full assessment of the site, including soil…
Flocculation and Dispersion in Soils
Soils are generally in an aggregated state, which means the individual particles are stuck together to form clumps. These clumps…
Monocot and Dicot Flower
Dicot flower – lupin: Monocot flower – lilium: Summary of differences between monocot and dicot flowers: Monocot flowers tend to…
Cation Exchange Capacity
A cation is a molecule with a positive charge. One of the most important properties of colloids is their ability…
Soil Colloids
Soil colloids are made up of the smallest particles of humus and clay in the soil. Only particles less than…
Working With Different Soil Types
Diagram shows relative size of different types of soil particle. Loam This is the easiest of soils to work with.…
Soil Types
One of the first things we need to consider when assessing land for crops is the type of soil we…
Sorting and Storing Seeds
We love this idea for storing and sorting seeds. How do you organise your seeds?