{"id":671,"date":"2014-09-10T08:23:43","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T15:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogadmin.plantlust.com\/blog\/?p=671"},"modified":"2024-01-24T06:15:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T14:15:30","slug":"playing-the-name-game-and-revealing-a-current-plant-obsession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantlust.com\/blog\/plants\/playing-the-name-game-and-revealing-a-current-plant-obsession\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing the name game and revealing a current plant obsession"},"content":{"rendered":"

If I said I planted a Bird of Paradise in my garden what image would come to mind? The plant shown below, <\/a>, with the beautiful orange bloom, aka Bird of Paradise?
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Or maybe this, Strelitzia Nicolai<\/a> (aka White Bird of Paradise) with it’s striking black and white flower?
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Or maybe this, <\/a>, commonly called Pride of Barbados, but also referred to as Red Bird of Paradise?
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Based on the common names you\u2019d be correct if you thought of any of those options, and more, and that\u2019s why botanical names are so important. Common names can be misleading. On my personal blog, danger garden<\/a>, I get comments from readers asking me to please refer to plants by their common names. Or as one person said \u201cEek gads woman, speak English…your cornucopia of flora elicitation is causing my acers to hurt\u201d (Don’t you just love that? I really wish I could meet her in person). Whenever possible I try to include both names, although at times it simply is not possible. Sometimes there’s not a common name, and that’s okay. Botanical names are much more informative.
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So back to the question…which one of the examples did I plant? None of them. I planted the one shown at the very top, by the title, Caesalpinia gilliesii<\/a> – common name Desert Bird of Paradise. And I am in love with it, so much so I just bought another. Here\u2019s the one I\u2019ve planted, just a couple of weeks ago\u2026
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\nIt\u2019s not blooming yet (hopefully next year), but it didn\u2019t miss a beat being planted in the heat of August, you\u2019ve got to love that. Here\u2019s my newest, and not yet planted. Love that airy foliage\u2026
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Just how hardy is this guy? Well it\u2019s hardy to at least USDA Zone 8 (10F) and survived last winter in Portland in three area gardens that I know of, one very close to my own which reached 12F. It\u2019s blooming itself crazy right now too\u2026<\/p>\n

As are the two in other area gardens.
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Caesalpinia gilliesii<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n
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Caesalpinia gilliesii aka Mexican Bird of Paradise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So that’s my Bird of Paradise crush, which is so much easier than saying my Caesalpinia gilliesii crush. What about you? I’d love to know your thoughts on common names vs. botanical names. And just in case you find botanical Latin intimidating you should have been there when I was talking with a very well known local plantsman and my mouth opened and out came the words California Lilac when even I knew I wanted to say Ceanothus<\/a>…what was I thinking?<\/p>\n

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