Actually I am growing a courgette with a name I dislike, "Golden Dawn" Really not a good name for a plant, though I grow it and "black beauty" right next to eachother, just for my own private amusement, and of course it would be silly to spread out the courgettes!
I'm going to steal that idea @B3 and apply it to my self-seeded plants. They are henceforth called the "Heuchera Mc Heucheraface series" Meet "Heuchera Mc Heucheraface I"
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
I have the opposite problem with names of rose's. There are some wonderful sounding names like Gertrude Jekyll or Gentle Hermione and then I find out they are PINK!!! 🤢🤨😡
In the end, everything ends up pink one way or another. It is distressing.
If I had a rosa Absolutely Fabulous, you can be assured I would be thinking of as it Julia Child. Although buying a rose named (presumably) after an American chef also seems bizarre.
One day I hope Monty will open up a public poll to name part of his garden and the type of plants that will go there and we can rally support to call it 'The innuendo garden' and have all the comically named plants grown there. His rampant sticky willy will put on quite a display I'm sure.
I like this idea - I suspect this may be a good way to get @Hostafan1 to take an interest in Longmeadow. He may not like Monty or his dogs but he's definitely a fan of innuendos....
I find plants with names that provoke an earworm can be problematic. It's often the species name rather than the cultivar though. And if I decided to buy a rose called 'Harry and Meghan' or whatever, I would just think up a new name when I planted it. So if anyone asked I'd tell them it was called 'orange glory' (or whatever) and deny all knowledge of the royal one.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I like this idea - I suspect this may be a good way to get @Hostafan1 to take an interest in Longmeadow. He may not like Monty or his dogs but he's definitely a fan of innuendos....
I once bought a Clematis Princess Kate and said the nursery owner . " I must say I'm buying this despite the name, not because of it" I wish I'd not bothered, it's as dull as its namesake.
I remember when I worked at a garden nursery a customer asking me what I thought of a lavender plant he had chosen for a gift I told him ‘ I think you had better choose a different type as that sort was called FATHEAD ‘ 🤭 It still makes me chuckle.
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I find plants with names that provoke an earworm can be problematic. It's often the species name rather than the cultivar though. And if I decided to buy a rose called 'Harry and Meghan' or whatever, I would just think up a new name when I planted it. So if anyone asked I'd tell them it was called 'orange glory' (or whatever) and deny all knowledge of the royal one.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I once bought a Clematis Princess Kate and said the nursery owner . " I must say I'm buying this despite the name, not because of it"
I wish I'd not bothered, it's as dull as its namesake.
It still makes me chuckle.