Can't we just use both common and Latin names depending on who we are talking too? Insisting on Latin names for a beginner could be off putting when starting out. My knowledge of Latin names has grown over the years,and of course now some of those are being changed so my Sedum is now Hylotelephium,Phedimus,Rhodiola,Prometheum,Petrosedum,Orostachys as well as Sedum!...all very confusing!!
Life's too short for all this pontificating,just enjoy the flowers and remember that nature did not give them names.
“Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
Common names have their own history and interest and should certainly be retained but there are colloquial, regional and national differences within the UK, let alone Europe and the rest of the world so, and this is the point of this thread surely, if you want an accurate ID for a plant and thus the key to research its cultivation needs and hardiness and thus how best to source, grow, prune and propagate it, you really do need the botanical name.
As has has been said higher up, some poppies are annuals, some are perennials and some aren't poppies at all. They are not alone in this respect. Stubbornly insisting that a common name is enough is just blinkered nonsense.
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Could you tell me why my Geranium is wilting, and my poppy has died, will it come back next year?
When you don't even know who's in the team
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Insisting on Latin names for a beginner could be off putting when starting out.
My knowledge of Latin names has grown over the years,and of course now some of those are being changed so my Sedum is now Hylotelephium,Phedimus,Rhodiola,Prometheum,Petrosedum,Orostachys as well as Sedum!...all very confusing!!
Life's too short for all this pontificating,just enjoy the flowers and remember that nature did not give them names.
As has has been said higher up, some poppies are annuals, some are perennials and some aren't poppies at all. They are not alone in this respect. Stubbornly insisting that a common name is enough is just blinkered nonsense.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
In the sticks near Peterborough
I don't want to be elitist, but.......
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border