A Gardener's Latin: The language of plants explained (National Trust Home & Garden)

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And they aren’t so difficult to understand once you remember many words we use everyday come from Latin. So where a plant has the word orientalis as part of its Latin name you’ll recognise it’s something to do with the orient or east. And if the plant is obesus you might guess it’s a bit fat. Likewise a plant with the name equinus is something to do with equines (horses). Often these words will be linked to others to tell us which part is obesus or equinus. While it isn’t necessary to learn scientific Latin plant names, they may be of significant aid to the gardener as they contain information regarding specialized characteristics among similar plant species. Stefan has a practical no nonsense approach to gardening, obviously based on many years of experience in horticulture, and particularly vegetable growing. No question is too trivial or basic for him to give an answer which explains in simple terms what new gardeners need to know, while providing more in depth information for more experienced growers. A work in progress, presently with preliminary A through R, and S, and with S (in part) through Z essentially completed.

The difference between the two nomenclatures being, that in Latin plant names the genus is listed first and is always capitalized. The species (or specific epithet) follows the genus name in lowercase and the entire Latin plant name is italicized or underlined. Why Do We Use Latin Plant Names? Cantonese: 花園 ／ 花园 ( faa 1 jyun 4-2 ) Dungan: хуайүан ( huayüan ) Mandarin: 花園 ／ 花园 (zh) ( huāyuán ) Min Dong: 花園 ／ 花园 ( huă-huòng ) Min Nan: 花園 ／ 花园 (zh-min-nan) ( hoe-hn̂g / hoa-hûiⁿ ) Wu: 花園 ／ 花园 ( 1ho-yoe ) Russian: садо́вничать (ru) ( sadóvničatʹ ) ( colloquial ); огоро́дничать (ru) ( ogoródničatʹ ) ( in vegetable garden; colloq.) Romansch: curtin m ( Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader ), curtgin m ( Sursilvan ), curtgegn m ( Sutsilvan ), curtgign m ( Surmiran ) Some Latin names are descriptive of the plant, some are almost poetic. Others describe colours, places, leaf shape and so much more.Lower Sorbian: zagroda f ( in general ), gumno n ( area behind a barn for fruits and vegetables ), gumnyško ( small garden allotment ) Upper Sorbian: zahroda f, zahrodka f Hebrew: גַּנְּתָא‎ f ( gannəṯā ), גִּנְּתָא‎ f ( ginnəṯā ), גַּנָּא‎ m ( gannā ), גִּנָּא‎ m ( ginnā ) Syriac: ܓܢܬܐ‎ f ( gannəṯā, ginnəṯā ) When a new strain of plant is developed, the new plant needs a third category to further describe its one-of-a-kind characteristic. This instance is when a third name (the plant’s cultivar) is added to the Latin plant name. This third name may represent the developer of the cultivar, location of origin or hybridization, or a specific unique characteristic. Meaning of Latin Plant Names Arabic: بُسْتَان‎ (ar) ( bustān ), حَدِيقَة‎ (ar) f ( ḥadīqa ), جَنَّة‎ (ar) f ( janna ) Egyptian Arabic: جنينة‎ f ( ginēna ) Hijazi Arabic: حَدِيقَة‎ f ( ḥadīga ), بَخْشَة‎ m ( baḵša ) ( archaic ) Moroccan Arabic: جردة‎ ( jarda ), جنينة‎ ( jnīna )

Scan through this list of around 900 words and discover what the two word / binomial plant name tells us about plants.Japanese: 庭 (ja) ( にわ, niwa ), 菜園 (ja) ( さいえん, saien ) ( vegetable garden ), 野菜畑 ( やさいばたけ, yasaibatake ) ( vegetable garden ) https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1963&context=extension_histall Persian: پَرْدیس‎ (fa) ( pardis ), بوسْتان‎ (fa) ( bustân ), بُسْتان‎ (fa) ( bostân ), پارْک‎ (fa) ( pârk ) Behind the tangled garden of microphones that had sprouted on the lectern, Goldwater spoke softly and casually about his family.

Latin Plant Names: Are They Descriptive & Helpful Or Smoke And Mirrors? Let Me Explain What They Mean. Latin names are usually made up of two parts as a minimum, though sometimes they are a it longer. This is called the binomial naming system and is a highly descriptive way to describe plants. Primping and pruning the secret garden might seem like a totally 21st century concept, but the fact is women have gotten into below-the-belt grooming since before the Bronze Age.

Cognate with Old High German gart, garto ( “ garden, enclosure, yard ” ), Old English ġeard ( “ garden, yard, fence, enclosure ” ). Cognate with English garden, which was derived from an Anglo-Norman/Old Northern French variant. More at yard.

From Old French jardin ( “ garden, enclosure ” ), probably from Vulgar Latin or early Gallo-Romance hortus gardinus, from Old Frankish *gardin, oblique case of *gardo ( “ enclosure, yard ” ), from Proto-Germanic *gardô ( “ enclosure, garden, house ” ), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰordʰos ( “ hedge, enclosure ” ), from *gʰerdʰ- ( “ court, yard ” ). verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{ I ſuppoſe the North ſide of the water to be the beſt ſide for your garden, that it may haue the comfort of the South Sunne to lye vpon it and face it, and the dwelling houſe to bee aboue it, to defend the cold windes and froſts both from your herbes, and flowers, and early fruits.