SHORT DAY PLANT -- A plant which requires light for a shorter period than it would normally receive from daylight in order to induce flowering; e.g Chrysanthemum and Poinsettia.
Short day plant - A plant that responds (by flowering) to photoperiods that are shorter (i.e. during winter).
Shovel - A tool used to dig up soil.
Shrubs - Plants with large bushy foilage. Often used as natural fences or screens.
Mums are a short day plant, which means they form flowers when the nights get longer. Commercial flower growers know how to trick the Chrysanthemum into flowering at any time of the year.
Poinsettias are short day plants. Although they will eventually bloom, if you want the plants in bloom for the holidays they must be kept at about 65 to 70 degrees, ...
Vidalia Onions (and similar variations) are considered a short day plant, and are thus best suited to Southern locales.
Short day plants such as Christmas Cactus, Chrysanthemum, Kalanchoe, Poinsetta, and Primrose need 10 to 12 hours of light in order to flower.
 See also: Plant, Gardening, Nature, Gardener, House plant
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