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Plant
Smarts ....
.... from Stan Fitz of Rockford, Iowa, speaker to Central Gardens of
North Iowa on Feb. 16, 2001. Stan’s garden has been featured in Bird
and
Bloom magazine.
How
do you pronounce that?
Ever wonder what is the correct pronunciation of a plant’s Latin
name or
do you just mumble or use the common name like so many of us? Here’s
a guide for pronunciation of some of the more commonly used
garden plants.
Pronunciation
guide for common garden plants:
Gysophila -- Jip-SOFF-il-uh
(baby’s breath)
Helichrysum -- Hel-ik-KRY-sum (strawflower)
Heliotropium -- Hee-lee-oh-TROH-pee-um
Hemerocallis -- Hem-er-oh-KAL-iss (daylily)
Hepatica -- Hep-PAT-ik-uh
Hoya -- HOY-uh (wax plant)
Hydrangea -- Hye-DRAYN-jee-uh
Iberis -- Eye-BEER-iss (candytuft)
Impatiens -- Im-PAY-shee-ens
Kalanchoe -- Kal-an-KOH-ee
Kochia -- KOH-kee-uh (summer cyprus)
Lantana -- Lan-TAY-nuh
Lavandula -- Lav-VAN-dew-luh (lavender)
Liatris -- Lye-AY-triss (gayfeather)
Lobelia -- Loh-BEEL-ee-uh
Lythrum -- LITH-rum
Monarda -- Mon-NARD-uh
Nasturtium -- Nas-TERSH-ee-um
Nicotiana -- Nik-oh-shee-AY-nuh (flowering tobacco)
Opuntia -- Op-PUNT-ee-uh (prickly pear cactus)
Pachysandra -- Pak-iss-AND-ruh
Paphiopedilum -- Paf-ee-oh-PED-il-um (lady’s slipper orchid)
Pennisetum -- Pen-nis-SEET-um (fountain grass)
Phalaenopsis -- Fal-ee-NOPS-iss (moth orchid)
Pilea -- PYE-lee-uh
Platycodon -- Plat-ik-KOH-don (balloon flower)
Portulaca -- Port-yew-LAY-kuh (moss rose)
Pothos -- POH-thoss
Rudbeckia -- Rud-BEK-ee-uh (coneflower)
Sanvitalia -- San-vit-TAY-lee-uh (creeping zinnia)
Scabiosa -- Skay-bee-OH-suh
Streptocarpus -- Strep-toh-KARP-us (cape primrose)
Thymus -- TYE-mus (thyme)
Tithonia -- Tith-OH-nee-uh (Mexican sunflower)
Torenia -- Tor-REEN-ee-uh (wishbone flower)
Verbena -- Ver-BEE-nuh
Viola -- VYE-ol-uh
Weigela -- Wye-JEEL-uh
Wisteria -- Wiss-TEER-ee-uh
Yucca -- YUKK-uh
Zebrina -- Zeb-RYE-nuh (wandering jew)
Zinnia -- Zin-EE-uh
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