RHS Latin for Gardeners: Over 3,000 Plant Names Explained and Explored: More than 1,500 Essential Plant Names and the Secrets They Contain

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Feng Chaoxiong, The Classical Gardens of Suzhou, preface, and Bing Chiu, Jardins de Chine, ou la quete du paradis, Editions de La Martiniere, Paris 2010, p. 10–11. I found some inconsistencies which detracted from my enjoyment. Here the author explores the genus name: in Greek, Callicarpa means callos, “beauty” and carpos “fruit”, while the species epithet dichotoma means “in forked pairs” (and this was ignored). Every gardener needs to know their Latin names. They may look confusing at first, but once you understand what certain key words mean, impenetrable-sounding and hard-to-pronounce species names are suddenly demystified. Many Latin names hide the secrets of where the plant is found, its colour, flowering times, leaf pattern, natural habitat and all sorts of other information that's extremely useful to the gardener: if you want a plant for a shady place, choose one with a name ending in sylvestris ('of woods'), while if your garden is dry, look out for the suffix epigeios ('of dry places'). Higgins, Adrian. "Is this popular gardening material bad for the planet?". The Washington Post . Retrieved 29 August 2022.

Cantonese: 花園 ／ 花园 ( faa 1 jyun 4-2 ) Dungan: хуайүан ( huayüan ) Mandarin: 花園 ／ 花园 (zh) ( huāyuán ) Min Dong: 花園 ／ 花园 ( huă-huòng ) Min Nan: 花園 ／ 花园 (zh-min-nan) ( hoe-hn̂g / hoa-hûiⁿ ) Wu: 花園 ／ 花园 ( 1ho-yoe ) How they are pronounced really matters little provided they sound pleasant and are understood by all concerned.’ Shrigondekar, GK (1961). Manasollasa of King Somesvara (Volume 3) (in Sanskrit). Oriental Institute, Baroda.Hebrew: גַּנְּתָא‎ f ( gannəṯā ), גִּנְּתָא‎ f ( ginnəṯā ), גַּנָּא‎ m ( gannā ), גִּנָּא‎ m ( ginnā ) Syriac: ܓܢܬܐ‎ f ( gannəṯā, ginnəṯā )

Alexander concludes that you could waste a lot of time arguing about it all. But, ultimately the most important thing is to know which scientific names the common names refer to and how those names are spelled. For gardeners, a working knowledge of botanical Latin for the accurate identification of plants in the garden is essential. Vital to the protection of plants, gardens and green spaces for future generations, the RHS helps over two million school children get into gardening and supports more than 1,700 communities to create their own gardens, encouraging people to grow their own food. The code is regulated by the International Botanical Congress, which has been convening every six years since 1900 to evaluate and decide on naming issues raised by new genetic research and scientific findings. After all, Linnaeus didn't have a microscope or DNA testing lab, which would have helped definitively determine which plants were related. In fact, emphasis on different syllables seems to be the main difference in pronunciation. Ask a few gardeners and you’ll get a wide range of answers on any given plant depending on where they’re from. A great example is brunnera. BRUN-er-ah and brun–NAIR-uh are two pronunciations I encounter often in Maryland. But I’ve also heard brun–NEER-ah on the West Coast used as the botanical name. Hoare, James (January 1988). Korea: An Introduction - Google Book Search. Kegan Paul International. ISBN 9780710302991 . Retrieved 2009-01-12.Another early royal garden was Shaqui, or the Dunes of Sand, built by the last Shang ruler, King Zhou (1075–1046 BC). It was composed of an earth terrace, or tai, which served as an observation platform in the center of a large square park. It was described in one of the early classics of Chinese literature, the Records of the Grand Historian ( Shiji). [13] According to the Shiji, one of the most famous features of this garden was the Wine Pool and Meat Forest (酒池肉林). A large pool, big enough for several small boats, was constructed on the palace grounds, with inner linings of polished oval shaped stones from the seashore. The pool was then filled with wine. A small island was constructed in the middle of the pool, where trees were planted, which had skewers of roasted meat hanging from their branches. King Zhou and his friends and concubines drifted in their boats, drinking the wine with their hands and eating the roasted meat from the trees. Later Chinese philosophers and historians cited this garden as an example of decadence and bad taste. [14] Common names, on the other hand, can vary widely from region to region. And often they are applied to more than one plant. For example, snowball bush can refer to a viburnum or hydrangea, depending on your region.

I think I would choose a plant with elegantissima in its name over one called horribilis or monstrosus. A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the cultivation, display, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The single feature identifying even the wildest wild garden is control. The garden can incorporate both natural and artificial materials. [1]

Some Latin names are descriptive of the plant, some are almost poetic. Others describe colours, places, leaf shape and so much more. Latin words can confuse even the most seasoned of gardeners and chamaecyparis is no exception. With the team looking at me expectantly, I pronounced it cham-oh-SIP-reus. Garden design is the process of creating plans for the layout and planting of gardens and landscapes. Gardens may be designed by garden owners themselves, or by professionals. Professional garden designers tend to be trained in principles of design and horticulture, and have a knowledge and experience of using plants. Some professional garden designers are also landscape architects, a more formal level of training that usually requires an advanced degree and often an occupational license. That's botanical Latin, and its purpose is to help you confirm that the plant you bring home is what you intend to buy.

Secondly, even though you would think that having 3,000 plus plant names would answer most of your inquiries, I have found that (at best) I can find the name I am looking for about 40% of the time. As someone who works in the field, this can be a bit frustrating. A famous royal garden of the late Shang dynasty was the Terrace, Pond and Park of the Spirit ( Lingtai, Lingzhao Lingyou) built by King Wenwang west of his capital city, Yin. The park was described in the Classic of Poetry this way: Lindenmayer, David; Claridge, Andrew (2003). Wildlife on Farms: How to Conserve Native Animals. Csiro. p.25. ISBN 9780643068667 . Retrieved 29 August 2022. Or, sometimes a plant can have several common names, making it hard to recognize whether or not someone is talking about a species you know. Take for example agastache (commonly known as Hummingbird Mint or Hyssop) or Jacobaea maritima (commonly known as Silver ragwort or Dusty Miller.) The various names have nothing in common. WHAT ARE BOTANICAL NAMES MADE UP OF? Take for example, the showy shrub weigela, named after the German botanist Christian Ehrenfried von Weigel (1748-1831). People often say why-JEEL-ah (myself included). However, the German consonant ‘w’ is pronounced like an English ‘v’, which would make the true pronunciation VIE-gee-lah.

WHAT ARE BOTANICAL NAMES MADE UP OF?

Blow on my garden [speaking of her genitalia], so the spices of it may flow out. Let my Beloved come into His garden [her pubic area] and eat His pleasant fruits. Cyrillic: вр̏т m, по̀вртња̄к m, вртњак m, са̑д m, садњак m, посадњак m, ба́шта f, ба́шча f Roman: vȑt (sh) m, pòvrtnjāk (sh) m, vrtnjak m, sȃd (sh) m, sadnjak m, posadnjak m, bášta (sh) f, bášča (sh) f