Common Nursery Terms

When I first started working in marketing for an online nursery in 2010, I shadowed the Field Manager the first few weeks. It was like an alphabet explosion of colorful terms and phrases I never heard of. It was quite a learning curve.

Most businesses have their own jargon, terms, acronyms, and phrases. The plant nursery business is no exception. Just glance at the same product on a few different online nurseries. The vast array of plant facts, botanical names, features, and descriptions are enough to confuse almost anyone.  Heck, until researching this glossary I always thought part sun and part shade meant the same thing. They do not.

Plant nurseries can be confusing places, full of unfamiliar terms and scientific jargon that can make it hard for the average person to know what to look for.

To aid in making sense of it all, we’ve created a comprehensive glossary of common plant nursery terms.

The glossary below should help you as you shop for trees & shrubs online. We will update it as needed.