American Nurseryman -Jan 2012

Linnaeus truly did love to organize being the original naming authority for more than 4000 animals and 8000 plants off when you realize that Philodendron was named from the Greek and the Latin phileo to love and dendron a tree since many plants in this genus have a vining growth habit Or that Gypsophila comes from gypsos lime and philos loving since babys breath prefers an alkaline soil Concur with the consensus that Theobroma cacao makes great culinary sense as you realize that Theobroma translates to food of the gods Finally cannot we all as horticulturists agree with the great horticulturist Liberty Hyde Bailey who also gave us the horticultural concept of cultivar for cultivated varieties but that is another story when he said Whats in a name cries Juliet That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet Yet Shakespeare might admit that a rose is not less sweet because we know its name The next time someone phones to ask you if a red maple is a good plant selection for a sunny hot and wet site keep in mind the importance of your knowledge of the nuances of plant names Does the caller really mean red maple Acer rubrum or does he mean a red leaved Japanese maple such as Acer palmatum Bloodgood Knowing which is good for that sunny hot wet site truly matters thats the rub Vivat Linnaeus The authors comprise part of The Ohio State University Extension Nursery Landscape and Turf Team Jim Chatfi eld is state extension specialist in the Department of Plant Pathology and Department of Horticulture and Crop Science at the OARDC in Wooster He can be reached at chatfi eld 1@ osu edu Erik Draper is commercial horticulture educator and director of The Ohio State University Geauga County Extension offi ce in Burton He can be reached at draper 15@ osu edu RKQ HHUH 6SHFLDOW 7UDFWRUV 7KH 3HUIHFW LW LJK URS Ŭ RZ 3URƟOH Ŭ 1DUURZ RQŤW IRUFH D EDG ƟW UXLVH RYHU VHQVLWLYH IUXLW DQG YHJHWDEOH FURSV UHH H XQGHU ORZ KDQJLQJ FDQRSLHV RU GRRUZD V 6QDNH WKURXJK QDUURZ YLQH DUG RU QXUVHU URZV KDWHYHU RXU VSHFLDOW FURS FKDOOHQJH KLW LW KHDG RQ ZLWK WKH FRPSOHWH OLQH RI KLJK FURS ORZ SURƟOH DQG QDUURZ VSHFLDOW WUDFWRUV IURP RKQ HHUH YDLODEOH LQ D ZLGH UDQJH RI FRQƟJXUDWLRQV ZLWK DQ LPSUHVVLYH OLVW RI VWDQGDUG DQG DYDLODEOH IHDWXUHV WKH RKQ HHUH IDPLO RI VSHFLDOW WUDFWRUV RIIHUV HTXLSPHQW WKDW ƟWV WKH ZD RX IDUP 6WRS E RXU GHDOHU WR OHDUQ PRUH RKQHHUH FRP 7UDFWRUV www amerinursery com