Latin for Gardeners: Over 3,000 Plant Names Explained and Explored Illustrated Books Growth Rate Slow Endangered N/A

Growth Rate Slow Endangered N/A Growth Habit Prostrate

mysterious world just beyond the back door

A very rare gooseberry only from Santa Cruz Island

glabrata Common Name Mojave Rose Plant Type Shrub Sun Exposure Coast-Sun

Plant Characteristics Family Name Ericaceae Species Name Arctostaphylos pumila Common Name Sandmat Manzanita Plant Type Shrub Sun Exposure Coast-Sun

Latin for Gardeners: Over 3,000 Plant Names Explained and Explored Illustrated Books Growth Rate Slow Endangered N/ASince Latin became the standard language for plant naming in the eighteenth century, it has been intrinsically linked with botany. And while mastery of the classical language may not be a prerequisite for tending perennials, all gardeners stand to benefit from learning a bit of Latin and its conventions in the field. Without it, they might buy a Hellebores foetidus and be unprepared for its fetid smell, or a Potentilla reptans with the expectation