This appeared in the garden in about june. The first clump died down but it has now spread along and up. Good ground cover but I'd like to know what it is.
Fidgetbones - could you reply again as your post about it is lost in the ether
Misspent youth. I used to try to identify as many plants as possible and learn the latin names. It led to me buying a lot of books. I have more gardening and plant books than the local library.
And from diving, I have a lot of fish and marine life identification books as well.
and an advanced certificate in Marine Biology , and A level Biology.
well, you have to do something on dark winter nights don't you.?
Its a lot easier than you think. For instance alba means white. Flore plena means a double flower or flower with plenty of petals. So anything described as flore plena alba will have double white flowers.
Its the same with describing genus, species, cultivar.
Understanding that species within a genus will have a lot of common characteristics, means that it is easier to start identifying things by giving a head start when you know which genus you are looking for.
Most people can identify a rose. If it is (usually)single and comes true from seed it is a species. The hybrid teas and most of the roses we grow in a garden are cultivars and will not come true from seed.
Figet , you are impressive! shame they dont teach Latin in schools (unless you go to Eaton or somewhere equally posh Takes me ages to learn the names so I prefer to use the common ones!
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common fumitory.
fidget, you amaze me! How do you know all this? Have you and nutcutlet got plant enzyclopedias in your brains?
Misspent youth. I used to try to identify as many plants as possible and learn the latin names. It led to me buying a lot of books. I have more gardening and plant books than the local library.
And from diving, I have a lot of fish and marine life identification books as well.
and an advanced certificate in Marine Biology , and A level Biology.
well, you have to do something on dark winter nights don't you.?
Fumaria officinalis.and would you believe it is related to Poppies?
One of the few plants like this which so far have not been renamed.
Well fidget, it doesn't seem "misspent" to me, you are a boon to all of us ignormus's! Have learnt a lot from you!
I too love trying to remember the names of plants but not clever enough to do it in Latin!! Gardening is a wonderful hobby!!!
Its a lot easier than you think. For instance alba means white. Flore plena means a double flower or flower with plenty of petals. So anything described as flore plena alba will have double white flowers.
Its the same with describing genus, species, cultivar.
Understanding that species within a genus will have a lot of common characteristics, means that it is easier to start identifying things by giving a head start when you know which genus you are looking for.
Most people can identify a rose. If it is (usually)single and comes true from seed it is a species. The hybrid teas and most of the roses we grow in a garden are cultivars and will not come true from seed.
Figet , you are impressive! shame they dont teach Latin in schools (unless you go to Eaton or somewhere equally posh
Takes me ages to learn the names so I prefer to use the common ones!
I didn't learn Latin at school. I would struggle to conjugate a verb.
There is a little RHS book called" Latin for gardeners."
And in any case the vast majority of plant names are in almost any other language than Latin.
And most people know far more correct Botanical names than they think.
Cyclamen, Crocus, Chrysanthemum, Cornus, Dianthus, Cotoneaster.....I could name dozens, but won't. All of these are the Latinised names for plants.