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Colloquial Plant Names

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  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    Butter?  Who doesn't like butter?  ;)  I had some on my toast this morning.. helps the cinnamon and sugar stick.  
    Utah, USA.
  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190
    Stiffcock (Diospyros crassenevis)

    Cockhold Herb (Bidens connata)     

    Family Jewels Milkweed (Asclepias physocarpus)

    Nipplewort (Lapsana communis)
  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    Haha.. I detect a theme, Alan.  
    Utah, USA.
  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190
    Angels' Fishing Rods (Dierama)
  • DampGardenManDampGardenMan Posts: 1,054
    According to today's Times, the Venus Flytrap arrived in England from North Carolina. They were known as tippity twitchets, which people assumed was a native American term. Unfortunately it was an 18th-century word for a certain part of a woman's anatomy :)
  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    How.... descriptive.
    Utah, USA.
  • ERICS MUMERICS MUM Posts: 627
    DampGardenMan said:
    According to today's Times, the Venus Flytrap arrived in England from North Carolina. They were known as tippity twitchets, which people assumed was a native American term. Unfortunately it was an 18th-century word for a certain part of a woman's anatomy :)

    Im not often lost for words !  

    I’ve bookmarked this thread, I can throw some of these names in when chatting to gardening neighbours. !
  • ERICS MUMERICS MUM Posts: 627
    I’m embarrassed to say the only one I can think of is Elephant Ears (Bergenia).
  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904
    My neighbour yesterday was admiring my mimulus flowers but she called them monkey flowers. I haven't heard anyone call them that since my granny!!!

  • dave125dave125 Posts: 178
    When I was a youngster we used the name "piss the bed" to refer to Ragwort I think and "Mother-die" was Cow Parsley.
    Luv Dave

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