touch me nots -Reply

Oh Amy, preach it sister!  It didn't take me long
in the "plant world" to feel the same way. 
Won't even order from anyone who doesn't use
botanical names.  Insults my intelligence (what
little there is) too.

Anyway, as to your question.  For several years
I grew an annual, balsam, that in the vague
recesses of my mind I heard called touch me
not or read it somewhere, because when they
go to seed, if you touched them... you guessed
it.  

Check it out and see if it "fits."

>>> "Amy Newkirk" <newarn@sun-spot.com>
08/11/98 01:26pm >>>
A friend at work gave me some plants last year
that she called "touch me
nots."  The people at work are notorious for
calling plants by common names
that are not correct. (For example, I was given
some "margaruites" that I
later self-identified as coreopsis.) 

Anyway, this plant grows about three feet tall,
gets kind of bush-like with
leaves that look something like maple leaves,
and has flowers that remind
you of snapdragons.  Mine are purple, salmon,
and light pink.  She also has
some red ones at her house.

Does anyone know what these might be and
the latin name?  I have become
such a stickler for latin names this year.  I don't
really "know" a plant
until I know it's latin name.  And why do plant
companies insult your
intelligence by advertising plants with
ridiculous sounding nicknames and
won't give you the latin name?  I won't order
from any of these.

Thanks for the help,

Amy
zone 6  Kentucky

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