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Jill: Thank you so much for this great article! In my younger years I knew most of the Latin names of almost every plant I owned. With age, the memory started fading and I began to refer to them by their common name, thus forgetting the proper Latin names. Since joining DG I have become aware of, and was stunned to find so many plants with the same, or very similar common name. Someone here in the garden prompted me to try to always use the Latin name, which has at times had me doing some research and searching the internet. I have come to really love Plant Files and enjoy researching and reading about all kinds of plants, even those that don't grow in my area.
Thank you once again for a very informative and educational article!
I too have been trying to at least use the latin name, even if i dont learn them or, and even learn to pronounce them.
but -- this past fall, while researching Black Eyed Susan ... i found there are many plants called BES's
so I began looking into it more ... and now, as i build my spreadsheets, the scientific name is always included.
I'm glad it was useful, although it sounds like both of you are about where I'm at now in terms of relying on PF and trying to use the Latin names to keep track of your plants. LOL, my "working title" in my head as I was writing was "Latin names -- they're more useful than you think!"
Be sure to catch tomorrow's article by Elizabeth (shearson) on the History & Origin of Botanical Plant Names!
