RE: Agastache

Susan, I am so sorry - I totally misunderstood/misread your message and
thought that you were 'complaining' about using unpronounceable botanical
names.

Did you eventually get 'Twinkletoes'?

Valerie

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-perennials@mallorn.com
[o*@mallorn.com]On Behalf Of Saxton, Susan
Sent: 21 June 2000 20:38
To: 'perennials@mallorn.com'
Subject: RE: Agastache


Oh absolutely!  That was the whole reason I learned botanical names -- I got
tired of getting the wrong plants after I'd seen them in a magazine, book or
garden, and, worse yet -- call me a snob too then -- I got tired of the
amused looks on the nurserymen's faces when I asked for something like
"Twinkletoes" (as one ad called a flower I was looking for).  Cringe.

I think the more you know, the more you know that you don't know much, if
you know what I mean...  there are so many plants in this world it would be
a hopeless tangle without the Latin names.  And I'm with you -- I can spell
them, but I can't say them!!!

So back to the original subject -- what is Agastache Greek and not Latin, or
is it???

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Valerie-Anne Mullett [v*@lineone.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 12:33 PM
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: RE: Agastache
>
>
>
>
> >>And THAT, I'm afraid, sums up the problem with learning
> botanical names!
> >>Many, many times the plant is named after the discoverer --
> is he/she
> >>French?  American?  Japanese?  Like verbascum chiaxii --
> try that one on
> for
> >>size!!!
>
> I understand what you are saying Susan, but the botanical name is,
> hopefully, the same in every country.   It does not matter
> how you pronounce
> it, it is spelt the same.   I know botanical names because I
> did a design
> course and we 'had' to know the 'correct' name.  However, I don't
> necessarily know how to pronounce it correctly :-).   Because
> I mainly only
> know the botanical name, I am put in the 'snooty' class.   As
> you know, that
> is not 'me', but knowing the botanical name helps in
> identifying plants
> correctly - between one country and another and, in Great
> Britain, between
> different Counties who use their own 'local' names.   Does
> not the same
> happen in America between States?
>
> Valerie, South Yorkshire, England
>

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