Plants with Cool Names

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    Fell over this one just now ... love it! ... it gives me a buzz when people say "What's that" and I tell them with a dead-pan face :)

    Phlox drummondii 'Phlox of Sheep' :heehee:

    I've got lots of rude ones too ... I'm sure there is another thread on here with those :)
     
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      Those cheeky chaps at East Ruston gardens are good at rude labels.
       
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        Ice Plant......well you did say plants will cool names! :runforhills:
         
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          Johannesteijsmanmia magnifica.................
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          Rhodochiton has quite a rude common name.

           
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            Just googled it...:biggrin::blue thumb:
             
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              After pricking out and hardening off it can grow to 3 metres ... :heehee:
               
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                Think I went out with a girl called Veronica Beccabunga once.
                 
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                We have Silybum (silly bum) Marianum (Mari anum) :heehee:
                 
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                  A mere myth. Anyway, chopping the end off puts an end on all those fun and games!
                   
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                    Eek!!! :yikes:
                     
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                      She two-timed me! :sad:
                       
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                        Sorry about that, Kristen! ;) :roflol:
                         
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                        How about Clitoria ternatea :heehee:

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                          There's always one who has to drag the conversation down!!!

                          Rudy ones :heehee:
                          Hymenocalis festalis
                          Amorphophalus titanum

                          I like the way that Hermodactylus tuberosus sounds. It also has a cool common name - Widow Iris.
                           
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                            Love this one!!! Chilly Willy peppers!!! :loll:

                            chilly-willy-peppers.jpg
                             
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