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In message , "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)"
writes "BoyPete" wrote in message ... I've lurked for ages, just posting occasionally. I do hope my pond orientated posts don't annoy. My garden is about 20ft square, nearly half is pond now. Most people here seem to be 'real' gardeners, something I'd love to be if I had the room! I dream of retiring to a large old house with half an acre..........yeah.....dream on. In the past, I've grown carrots, Swede, peas, runner beans, lettuce etc, but until recently, especially sweet corn......great picked and straight on the BBQ Now, I only have pots Something which bugs me, is the use of the Latin names for plants. I realise that if you are really into gardening, these things are important, but to the likes of me........an interested wannabe, they are meaningless. It would be nice if folk could call plants by their 'common' name perhaps with the Latin in brackets? What do you think? Thanks for a great friendly group. -- ßôyþëtë If you have grown all those veg then you are already a proper gardener. Any idiot can grow annuals and perennials but veg gardening requires much more skill. Forget the half acre, some of the best and most charming gardens are contained in very small areas. As for the names bit-they aren't really Latin or scientific and sometimes not even botanical. You can talk about Busy Lizzie if you want but I prefer the name Impatiens because the former name means different things to different people, particularly outside the UK. But Impatiens means many different things. There's the "New Guinea Impatiens" grown as bedding plants, the Himalayan Balsam which is taken over watercourses, Impatiens tinctoria which is grown as an ornamental perennial, and more besides. In this case, either choice - Busy Lizzie or Impations - depends on context for correct understanding. Now go way and do your homework and report back on "Amorphophallus" :-) -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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