Are you a crack baby, Trish? That's the dumbest thing I've ever read.
Considering some of the idiotic things posted here, that's saying a lot!!!!
Your curious friends must be easily impressed or mentally challenged. Would
say you have a brown nose rather than a green thumb.

Why don't "common names" work? "Reticulated Iris" refers to a whole group of
species and hybrids rather than a single plant. The same is true for
"Plaintain Lily". Simply saying "Hosta" is alomst as bad but at least its a
step in the right direction.

Its better to think of them as proper names rather than "Latin" names. You
surely would rather be called Trish K. than "Stupid Girl", if you get the
connection.


Trish K. wrote in message
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Latin names are funny, if I point at a small spring bulb and recite
it's name for a curious friend, "Reticulated Iris", I sound very
smart, even pretentious, and get named posseser of a green thumb.
These benefactors of gardening awards fear latin names, but if I point
at a large leafed perrenial and ask, "what is that?", they respond
with the latin, "Hosta", not the common name, Plaintain Lily. Calling
something Hosta is certainly easier all around.No one will ever forget
either. Call the roses that:

"Those are hosta roses."



TK