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Would the name of a plant put you off buying it?

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  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    I saw a lovely dahlia recently had some weird name, cannot remember it. My oldest daughter got all annoyed because my trio of blue berries have people names. I said they have to be called some thing. Then we were going out hubby " take the Adam" she got all annoyed again,"why do you call your car,Adam". Er because it's a Vauxhall Adam!!
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    And all fire engines are called Dennis
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    Some friends have a daughter called Penny. The local kids at her new junior school in Spain struggled with it so pronounced it pee-nee. Which is also local for the male appendage. Poor child got ribbed mercilessly, but when her mother asked if she would prefer to use her middle name, she was adamant that it was her name and she would stick to it regardless. Bravo Penny!
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    Some of the names mentioned here made me think of the "don't" thread...may I say - Don't let your kids name the hens!!
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • floraliesfloralies Posts: 2,718
    When my son was on his landscaping and horticultural course he said "Rubus Cockburnianus" was sure to bring out the titters.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I used to grow Silibum Marianum when my girls were little just so they could point as say " Silibum" and titter 
    Devon.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited May 2021
    Who on earth would call a rose "Proper Job"?  It sounds like the work of a con artist or the contents of a toilet. I would need to find an alias.

    Similarly, I find it disheartening that anyone would gift a rose based on its (awful) name alone - like "Mum in a Million". 

    🤢

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Sounds like the name for a parsnip😝
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Big Blue SkyBig Blue Sky Posts: 716
    Fire said:

    Similarly, I find it disheartening that anyone would gift a rose based on its (awful) name alone - like "Mum in a Million". 

    🤢

    I would be ok as a name for a chrysanthemum though 🤔😀
    Surrey
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    :D
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