Definition of STOLON

Examples of stolon in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Warm-Season Grasses Bermudagrass has dark green pointed leaves and a vibrant root system of rhizomes and stolons that spread out both below and above the ground. — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, "The Most Popular Types of Lawn Grass," 19 Apr. 2020 The former spreads by stolons, the latter is a more obedient clumper. — Washington Post, "How the National Arboretum got its ferns and became a civic treasure," 29 Oct. 2019 Adding too much nitrogen in the fertilizer, will make the plant produce leaves and stolons (runners with another plant on the end) and less flowers. — oregonlive.com, "Thinking of planting strawberries in straw bales? Ask an Expert," 27 July 2019 Most mint plants spread rampantly, forming a thick mat of spreading stolons (creeping underground stems) just under the surface of the ground. — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, "How to Grow Fresh Mint That Won't Overrun Your Garden," 22 Aug. 2018 Turf like creeping bentgrass and Kentucky bluegrass produce rhizomes and stolons. — OregonLive.com, "The truth behind 6 gardening myths," 6 Mar. 2018 Al Shay, OSU Extension horticulturist Reality: Clippings don't cause thatch, thatch is caused by lateral growth of the grass – more specifically, by rhizomes, which are the below-ground lateral growth, and stolons, the above-ground lateral growth. — OregonLive.com, "The truth behind 6 gardening myths," 6 Mar. 2018

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