What's in a name?

Peaches is another one Spritz, brilliant blog, great thinking and great pictures,

No I can't lol nor Echinofossulocactus :O
Male names don't suit flowers either do they - like Hywel lol

Another one is May. - I mean the May flower not the month :o)

That was great !

I can only think of ' St johns wort' or 'good king henry' but thats not really what you mean ooorrrr 'sweet william'?

Basil is one as is Robert [herb robert or is that cheating?] My brother taught a boy called Sage!

i was thinking of peaches too
i googled it and found blossom and tamara which is apparantly the hebrew name for palm tree?!
lovely blog ~ thank you!
my cat is called Mint -y does that count?

Would (Column Catus ) count or (Bunny Ears) or (Tom Thumb Catus) or (Tiger Orchid) count.

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Hazel - a tree, not a flower though!

Boys' names (but for trees)....Ash (Ashley) and Rowan. It's a bit cheeky as it's not flowers....but you are so right as there do not seem to be any flowers with boys' names! Maybe someone will come up with some though :)

Holly ,Myrtle but they are tree,s as well.

Hywel & Pam thought of good ones...but I think the others are a bit cheat-y - they're not flowers. Johnjoe is being very creative! :-))

Sbg - I should think that Herb Robert could 'slip in', but Basil? Not a flower...sorry!

Oh dear - that poor boy called 'Sage'...it's almost as bad as calling someone 'Fennel' or even 'Sprout'. LOL.

The blokes' names only come in with the Latin names, don't they, and usually as a suffix, after their discoverers or famous planthunters/naturalists? I would always associate flowers with the ladies, especially with them being so closely related to the "Language of looooove!" LOL! It is also less usual to find a variety/hybrid named after a man. Having said this, Lonicera "Graham Thomas", Hemerocallis "James Marsh" and Fuchsia "David" come straight to mind. :-)) Many Thanks for this thought-provoking post, Spritz! X

I really enjoyed this Spritz.....and as for 'sprout' that made me laugh so much...:o))))

Well I suppose the name Herbert came from `herb`..or not as the case may be...lol! :o)

:-)) Bloomer!

Yes, David - I 'did' think of that, but all the 'girlie' named flowers have been blooming in my garden - so I'm afraid the male ones didn't get added, as I have no photos. Am I forgiven? Pleeeaase??? lol.

Sandra - I suppose so - but I'd have trouble with a 'flowery' photo of 'Herb' as well - unless it was Thyme, which I do grow.

Did you mention Marigold? :o)

I could add her, couldn't I! Thanks - hang on while I edit!

Oooo. Great blog Spritz. It certainly gets you thinking.....

How about Alyssa (alyssum) or Delphine (delphinium), Malva and Marigold?

Oliver is one boys name. What about Perry? Isn't that plant related too? No, Oliver would be from a tree and not a flower.

Well, what about Heath and Eric instead of Heather and Erica???

We could always invent some boys names....Rosid instead of Rosie. Violus instead of Viola. Camillan instead of Camilla?????

Lavender?

isnt love in the mist also called nigella?
not that i want to be reminded of that name ~ not my favourite cooking program im afraid

The Narcissus name is not just used for the daffodil. I used to wonder about Allium narcissiflora and anemone narcissiflora before I realised that it did not mean 'looking like a daffodil' but 'beautiful'.

That's interesting, Mr MB. Thanks - it really makes sense when you've read the legend, doesn't it?

Yes, Sticki - you're spot on with Nigella, I should have thought of that one, and Lavender, too, Mavis! :-)

Gilli - what fun! I'll exercise my brain too.

Errr...Dendrobium sounds a bit like a boy, do you think?

How about 'Bergen'(ia)??

How about Filip (Filipendula) LOL.
Cary? (Caryopteris)
Diane? (Dianthus)
Gail? (Gaillardia)
Clark? (Clarkia)
Leo? (Leonotis)
Paul? (Paulownia)
Rudy (Rudbeckia)
Hee hee hee...... :oD

Of course you are, Spritz, LOL!!! Am enjoying all the suggestions being put forward. The terms "blooming" and "blossoming" don't suit blokes, do they? Only one that I can think of which does, and daren't mention. LOL!!!

Just scraping the bucket----(Dan - del - ion)

My daughters name is Nargis, which is the asian version of narcissus

lovely pics and names barbara, cant thin k of any male ones, only Ash which is shortened but still male, i like poppy for a girl, gets you thinking doesnt it lol :o)
also went to school with a girl called cherry which is nice.

Lovely pictures Spritz and I'm guessing that they're used for illustration only and not out in flower at the moment! LOL How lovely if they were :o))) I was too late with my suggestion of Lavender as Mavis beat me to it so I'm off to put my thinking cap on. .....has anyone said Pansy?

Spritz....this is such fun :) I did figure that my trees would be a cheeky suggestion...will have to think up some others!

I don't know how you come up with such interesting blog topics....but please....keep 'em coming :)

And of course there is Primrose, a flower dear to my heart.
not one you hear much these days

Great blog Spritz....got us all thinking now, what about
for a boy Oleander - Leander
Marjoram - Marjorie
Valerian - Valerie

Will be wracking my brains now in the middle of the night, to find more....Lol!

but spritz basil has lovely flowers :o(

gerry sort for geranium !
this is making my brain hurt now. I will have to go and lie down soon.

Also know of a brother and sister called Barry and Annette surname Curtain. true went to school with Barry.

I know a baby girl called Sage, and another baby girl called Willow! Seems plant names are everywhere in little bubs these days.

Sbg ... that's terrible ... what were the parents thinking of? I knew a Catherine who married Keith Wheel ....... lol!

What about (Rex Begonia )

Petunia, Zinnia, Flora, Fern, Hyacinth, Holly, Ivy, Primrose, Tansy, Rosemary,
Is Cosmos a male one?

Peony and Zinnia are apparently girls' names :)

can you count saphron? and this one is stretching it a bit but there's (skim)Mia!??
there is fern (as in fern cotton)
actually just realised its all flower names in my family ~ except for me: sister~ heather, mum~iris, grandma~ may!
buttercup is only for a cow i think???
was there a clem someone in thomas hardy ~ dont think it was clematis
i wont be able to go to sleep now, cos i will be trying to think of some more
there are some definitely not used: thistle, heuchera ~ can you think of any worse?

"buttercup is only for a cow i think??? "....I don't know Sticki...Gilbert and Sullivan thought differently...."I'm called little Buttercup, Poor little Buttercup..."

ah yes! ~ thanks gilli ~ i thought it was a nice name but i didnt know any girl with that name
and what about

Polly - anthus and
Rhoda - dendron; have we got
Daphne and then the group name
Pink oh yes and
rud - Becky - a
but perhaps not Red Hot Poker!!!?? or Helly-Bore!!?

not a nice name Euphorbia-- but then i don't like them!

I'm having a good old chuckle here about your creative minds - and I shall be singing Gilbert & Sullivan now, Gilli - all day, probably! LOL.

Sbg - I've never seen a Basil flower - what does it look like?

Keep thinking - I'll be back later! :-))))

They are sweet little white flowers Spritz. Need to pinch them out though or it goes to seed and is bitter

I only grow it in a pot, and use the leaves up. Thanks, Denise!

lol great blog .spritz love all the pics. cart think of any either , tho my dog is called rosie... may be there all girls names becas .... WE ARE ALL BLOOMING LOVELY . haha

Nice one, Cristina! lol.

very good cristina ~ you're a great BUNCH i think!

Have we had Roger (Rodgersia)?

have we had Arum as a man, or how about Adonis, well maybe not,

Humph, it's not fair I was going to say Holly (obviously) and Marigold but I'm to late.

Why isn't there any male names for flowers? Well in my opinion any boy named after a flower wouldn't make it past his teen years! Lol

lol ,op haha

im sure you are right ian!

There's veronica for a girl.

I know it's a fruit, not a flower - Clementine - but there was also the Prime Minister Clem Attlee. What was that short for?

The only male one I can think of is franc-oa

Perhpas flower names are only for good girls and boys are knautia (naughtier)?

which flower name or plant name would you like to be called ~ and why?

Well, I'm already a Tulip, a Poppy, a Tomato variety, a Peony and a Rhododendron .......... but I'd rather be a gorgeous Rose!

I`ve just remembered a character in a book I read...Diantha. :o)

Hmmm...I'm already a Gilliflower which would be a dianthus, stock or wallflower. Also Cornish Gilliflower is an apple. I'm with Shirley Tulip though....I would like to be a gorgeous Rose too!!

i think i would like to be a little alpine ~ they are quiet but beautiful and so tough ~ growing almost through rock and coping with snow and ice but still surviving ~ thats what id like to be.
but i wouldnt mind being a garden gnome poppy ~ cos they keep changing colour and that would be fun perhaps i should be a monkey puzzle tree ~ spiky!?? or maybe a very tall cedar tree [cos i love them] but also i would be able to see into other peoples gardens!!!

Stricktoffee I am a male so it is difficult to get a name . Well maybe Johnjoe LOL.

Andrew! I already 'had' Veronica on the list!
I like 'Franc -oa' though, :-))

Sticki - are you changing the subject? :-/

Can't think of any more male names except -

BOY - kinia

LOL.

sorry spritz ~ went off at a tangent ~ couldnt think of any more names ~ but havent given up trying. just wondering if laurel is a name?

Yes, I believe it is - but rather an old-fashioned name - I don't recall anyone called 'Laurel' for years!

No probs - we all go off at tangents! ;-))

How about Oliver? Or have I said that one already?
Huckleberry?...as in Huckleberry Finn.
Reed?
or
Ian (as in Valer'ian') LOL

Does Skye or Breeze count? i think they are lovely names and they do appear in the garden!! [as does a Robin of course]

who could forget dear old 'busy' lizzie---or 'blackeyed' susie

Timothy's a grass isn't it?

oh yes pam, i forgot those too!

You're all wearing your brains out! (Busy) Lizzie's a good one... and Susan/Suzie. Timothy? Is it?

Errrr....sky/breeze/robin aren't exactly flowers, are they! LOL.

Oh dear, Gilli! Valer'ian! LOL, LOL.

Well my brain was getting tired Spritz!! LOL

OH dear Spritz, I see you thought the name Valer'ian was funny, my name in Portugese and Italian is Valeria, Hey, could there be a plant named after me, !!!! I will come back if I find out anything,

Oh Yes, found two, a Chrysanthemum called "Foxy Valerie" and a Grape Hyacinth called "Valerie Finnis"

I think Spritz just found it funny that I said the name Ian could have come from Valerian, Yorkshire. I don't think your name is funny.

I've only ever found one plant with my name...Clematis 'Gillian Blades'...well, not the Blades part but the Gillian part....Of course, I had to buy one didn't I?

was only teasing spritz. Lol I have been thinking, might just change my name from Yorkshire to Foxy Valerie.

I'd be careful you might get some ' interesting comments '!! ;o))) Lol

Oh, Yorkshire - I'm glad you were teasing - It really was the 'Ian' bit I thought was funny! Honest! We'll have to tell Ian that he's changed his name, won't we! LOL.

I bought a Clematis 'Barbara' three years ago - she never did thrive. :-((( Isn't that sad. Boo hoo!

did anyone say Violet,

Errrr...I did! :-)) There's a photo in the blog of a little white one I have in my garden, Yorkshire.

there is a flower called ragged robin ~ so i think robin is ok ~ that can be a boys name or a girls name
i thought of that one at about 2 o'clock this morning!!!!

Sticki...I could keep you company...I was up til 4am....although I was on auto-pilot by then...brain out-to-lunch! Tired enough for sleep though, at last.

Are we doing birds now then? If so.....(blue) Jay...Jay is a name I've heard for a boy.

no i think its supposed to be flowers ~ but robin comes into both catagories!
the trouble was i had to be up at 5!!!

Oh dear, Sticki....not good. You'll be flagging by now...3pm in the afternoon...not much sleep for you :( Insomnia is just not fun!

I'll not put more birdie names up....lol I'm not rebellious by nature so I'll be a good girl from here on in...lol :)

very good ~ i dont like being in trouble either!!
up at 5 tomorrow too! should sleep better this evening!

sorry Spritz, I thought of Violet during the night, didn't realise you had put it in the blog pictures,

What a god idea.

A Danish writer have made a book called ´Marias planter´ (in englich Maria´s plants). Maria = virgin Maria.

A lot of plants are callede up by Maria. I guess you can find it in english names too.

I thought of a really good one at 3:00 am....but then I fell asleep again and now I can't remember it!! LOL

'Robin' is fine - I'd forgotten about the 'Ragged Robin'! And nobody's in trouble....lol.

I'm not sure, Hanne. I'd have to think about that!

Marigold....would be one
Rosemary....another.

There is a photo of a marigold in the blog, Gilli. I didn't add 'Rosemary' because I don't grow it...

You're still exercising your braincells, aren't you! :-)))
Yes, you're right - they are 'Mary' flowers! Thanks!

well there's Bill...Daffobill....and Davey...Ox Eyedavey and hummmm Nick ...Ecnickacea and Ben...Benestronium. ;)

not for this blog but but you know how you look at names in the local paper ( hatch match & despatch) one boys name was Rivers...

they sound like medicine benjiboy!! or something you take for slimming??

He's a cheat, isn't he! LOL.

Pam - your boy must have been named after 'River Phoenix' I suppose.

maybe its cheating but it made me smile ~ smiling is good!!? :o))

Oh, I agree! :-))

I think the conclusion is - when you know the flower, it's a probaby a girl's name; when you don't it's a male - Mister E flower

very good mr E ~ andrew.

LOL. Well done, Andrew! ;-))

do you think we could count Compo(st) ??

LOL.....No you can't! No way is that a flower name! LOL....;-O

but it makes the flowers grow!!!!
;o))

Oy! Who wrote this blog, anyway? LOL...Compo(st) is NOT a flower, however you might try to twist my arm, Sticki! ;-////

ok, i give in!
i will try harder to think of another one.

:-)))))))

Well compost could have been a flower once Spritz.!! LOL

have we got Fern?

Oh Gilli! LOL. Do you really, really want me to edit the blog and add a photo of compost? ;-((

Sticki - I did think about ferns, but decided to stay with flowers. :-)

Okay Spritz....I won't make you do that...LOL

Welllll....only if you come down and take a photo! LOL.

Very entertaining..........carry on folks you are all doing a grand job.

Thanks, Dd. You've gone all Christmassy! :-))

Your turn to wrack your brains, now!

OH came up with these............ Joe Pyeweed, Solomon Seal, Creeping Charlie and Creeping Jenny Aaron's beard (Hypericum) Columbine, Madonna Lily, Venus (Fly trap) have we had Virginia? Mary's needle..... will add some more later.......!!

Has anyone had Bluebell? Jacob as in Jacobs ladder......Scarlet (several plants in this category)

Johnny Jump Ups, Black Eyed Susan, Jack in the Pulpit.

Go for it Gilli? OH really got the bit between his teeth this morning he likes a challange .......sorry but we have had Black eyed Susan.!!

My goodness! His brain's working well, Dd! :>D)

Partly well done, Gilli. I don't know the first one??

annette? ..as in a-nettle?

well done DD ~ now why couldnt i think of those??

Uh-oh - Benji's back! LOL.

Oooops sorry about that. Ok, skip the black eyed Susan....

Johnny Jump Ups are a North American term I guess...they are the little violas that self seed all over the place...You never know where they'll "jump up".

Oh, is that what they are! Pretty little flowers - we can definitely add those! :-))

My friend Rosie's name is short for Rosemary - have we had that? And there's Davidia (involucrata - gorgeous tree)

I'm sure someone mentioned Rosemary, but never mind, Beattie. I agree - I'd love a Davidia, but they're a bit big! :-)