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A friend in the wholesale nursery business who could not join us this year on the annual garden tour, stepped up to the plate and facilitated a visit to Terra Nova Nursery in Oregon . I took so many photos here I think it may be a duo-post; for this one I'll just let the pictures do the talking. Hotcha ! Thank you V ~
Darned taxonomists! GRRR! Next we'll have to forget botanical Latin and stick with common names because they're more stable.
ReplyDeleteWhatever it's called, it sure is a pretty one!
ReplyDeleteTaxonomists and botanists keep changing their minds!
ReplyDeleteAnd then there's the Perilla, another coleus cousin and imitator! I agree with OutlawGardener - the frequent reclassifications make one question the value of botanical Latin. I love that - whatever it is - you pictured above anyway!
ReplyDeleteI think there should be a 10 year moratorium on examining plant DNA that leads to reclassification. By then gardeners should be able to learn what has already been changed and all of the books can be updated. I am trying to put together a fall gardening class for a garden club, and when I got to the Asters, my head was spinning from all the changes. I've decided to list them as "plants once known as asters".
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