If you have ever been to the Philadelphia Flower Show, you may have noticed a list of plants with Latin names on most displays. This may not have been of interest to you if you were there merely to see the beautiful displays. But those of us who are plant fanatics want to know the precise names of the plants we see so we can either research them, find them to buy, or simply understand what sort of plant they are. So, each person entering the Flower Show makes a plant list that has both the common name of a plant (if you know it) and the approved scientific (LATIN) name. I have yet to make my final choices for the plants that I will use in my display so I have submitted a preliminary list of 99 plants whose names will be checked and approved by a hard working committee of plant specialists. So, here is my list. I have all these plants and have yet to kill most of them but time will tell.
My 2012 Preliminary Plant List, CORRECTED, with the names checked for accuracy
| ACORUS GRAMINEUS PUSILLUS ‘MINIMUS AUREUS’ | Dwarf Golden Japanese Sweet Flag |
| AJUGA REPTANS ‘BURGUNDY GLOW’ | Carpet Bugle |
| ALBIZIA JULIBRISSIN ‘SUMMER CHOCOLATE’ | Chocolate Mimosa |
| ANISODONTEA SCABROSA | Dwarf Hibiscus |
| ARABIS KELLEREI | Rockcress |
| ARAUCARIA HETEROPHYLLA | Norfolk Island Pine |
| ASPARAGUS DENSIFLORUS SPRENGERI GROUP | Asparagus Fern, Sprenger’s Asparagus |
| BEAUCARNEA RECURVATA | Ponytail Palm |
| BEGONIA ‘BLACK FANCY’ | Begonia Black Fancy |
| BEGONIA ‘KIT KAT’ | Begonia Kit Kat |
| BEGONIA ‘SILVER PERIDOT’ | Begonia Dwarf |
| BEGONIA ‘SPRINGFIELD QUEEN’ | Begonia Springfield Queen |
| BEGONIA REX CULTOROM HYB. | Begonia Rex |
| BOLAX GUMMIFER | Emerald Cushion, Astroturf |
| BREYNIA DISTICHA ‘NANA’ | Dwarf Snow Bush |
| CALADIUM HUMBOLDTII ‘MINI WHITE’ | Mini Caladium |
| CAREX CARYOPHYLLEA ‘THE BEATLES’ | Sedge Mop-Head |
| CAREX FLAGELLIFERA ‘TOFFEE TWIST’ | Weeping Brown Sedge |
| CAREX MUSKINGUMENSIS ‘LITTLE MIDGE’ | Dwarf Palm Sedge |
| CENTAURIUM SCILLOIDES | Perennial Centaury |
| CHAMAEDOREA ELEGANS | Neanthbella Palm |
| CHLOROPHYTUM COMOSUM ‘VITTATUM’ | Spider Plant |
| COLUMNEA ‘CASCADING BEAUTY’ | Columnea Cascading Beauty |
| COPROSMA X KIRKII | Mirror Plant |
| CUPHEA HYSSOPIFOLIA | Mexican False Heather, Hawaiian Heather |
| DISCHIDIA RUSCIFOLIA | Million Hearts |
| DRYOPTERIS ERYTHROSORA | Fern “Autumn” |
| ERICA CARNEA ‘ROBERT CHAPMAN’ | Heather |
| ERODIUM X VARIABILE ‘FLORE PLENO’ | Heron’s Bill |
| FICUS PUMILA | Ficus Curly Fig |
| FICUS PUMILA ‘QUERCIFOLIA’ | Oakleaf Fig, Creeping Fig |
| FICUS PUMILA ‘VARIEGATA’ | Variegated Creeping Fig |
| GLECHOMA HEDERACEA | Creeping Charlie |
| HEDERA HELIX ‘DUCKFOOT’ | Dwarf Ivy |
| HERNIARIA GLABRA ‘GREEN CARPET’ | Green Carpet Rupturewort; Herniary Breastwort |
| HYPOESTES PHYLLOSTACHYA ‘PINK SPLASH SELECT’ | Polka Dot Plant |
| HYPOESTES PHYLLOSTACHYA ‘RED SPLASH SELECT’ | Polka Dot Plant |
| HYPOESTES PHYLLOSTACHYA ‘WHITE SPLASH SELECT’ | Polka Dot Plant |
| KALANCHOE DAIGREMONTIANA | Mother Of Thousands |
| LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA | Lavender |
| LEMNA MINOR | Duckweed |
| LEPTINELLA GRUVERI | Mini Brass Button |
| LEPTINELLA POTENTILLINA | Mini Ferns, Brass Button |
| LEPTINELLA PUSILLA | Purple Brass Buttons |
| LEPTINELLA SQUALIDA | New Zealand Brass Buttons |
| LEPTINELLA SQUALIDA ‘PLATT’S BLACK’ | Platt’s Black Brass Buttons |
| MELISSA OFFICINALIS | Lemon Balm |
| MUEHLENBECKIA COMPLEXA | Wire Vine |
| MYRTUS COMMUNIS ‘ROMANA’ | Sweet Myrtle Variegated |
| NEPETA CATARIA | Catnip |
| NEPHROLEPIS DUFFII | Lemon Button Fern |
| NEPHROLEPIS EXALTATA ‘BOSTONIENSIS’ | Fluffy Ruffles Fern |
| OPERCULICARYA DECARYI | Jabily, Elephant Tree |
| OPHIOPOGON PLANISCAPUS ‘NIGRESCENS’ | Black Mondo Grass |
| PELARGONIUM ‘BIRD DANCER’ | Dwarf Geranium, Geranium ‘Bird Dancer’ |
| PEPEROMIA PROSTRATA | Prostrate Peperomia |
| PHLEBODIUM AUREUM | Rabbit’s Foot Fern |
| PILEA DEPRESSA | English Baby Tears, Miniature Peperomia |
| PILEA GLAUCA | Blue Creeping Pilea |
| PILEA MOLLIS | Pilea Moon Valley |
| PLEIOBLASTUS FORTUNEI | Pleioblastus Fortunei Bamboo Select® – Little Zebra |
| PODOCARPUSMACROPHYLLUS | Buddhist Pine |
| POLYSCIAS FRUTICOSA ‘ELEGANS’ | Parsley Aralia |
| ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS | Rosemary, Upright Rosemary |
| RUMEX SANGUINEUS SANGUINEUS | Blood Sorrel |
| SAINTPAULIA ‘HARLEQUIN’ | African Violet Harlequin |
| SAINTPAULIA ‘PRIVATE DANCER’ | African Violet ‘Private Dancer’ |
| SAINTPAULIA CV. | African Violet Little Ottawa Girl? |
| SAINTPAULIA CV. | African Violet Little Ottawa Girl |
| SAINTPAULIA IONANTHA | Miniature African Violet |
| SAINTPAULIA IONANTHA | Miniature African Violet |
| SANSEVIERIA TRIFASCIATA ‘BLACK CORAL’ | Mother-In-Law’s Tongue |
| SAXIFRAGA ‘CUSCUTIFORMIS’ | Dwarf Strawberry Begonia |
| SCHEFFLERA ARBORICOLA ‘VARIEGATA’ | Miniature Schefflera |
| SCHEFFLERA ELEGANTISSIMA | Aralia ‘Galaxy’ False Aralia |
| SCUTELLARIA INDICA PARVIFOLIA | Scullcaps |
| SEDUM ‘BLUE BALLS’ | Dwarf Stonecrop, Blue Balls |
| SEDUM ‘BURRITO’ | Silver Burro’s Tail |
| SEDUM ‘LOVE ‘N’ TANGLES’ | Love And Tangles, Love & Tangles, Love-And-Tangle |
| SEDUM RUPESTRE ‘ANGELINA’ | Sedum |
| SEDUM SEXANGULARE | Yellow Stonecrop, “Watch Chain Stonecrop” |
| SEDUM SP. | Hens And Chicks |
| SEDUM SPATHULIFOLIUM ‘CAPE BLANCO’ | Stonecrop |
| SELAGINELLA CV. | Green Selaginella, Spikemoss |
| SELAGINELLA ERYTHROPUS ‘SANGUINEA’ | Ruby Red Selaginella |
| SELAGINELLA WILLDENOVII | Peacock Fern |
| SEMPERVIVUM ARACHNOIDEUM ‘RUBRUM’ | hens and chicks |
| SEMPERVIVUM MONTANUM | Hens-And-Chicks |
| SERISSA JAPONICA ‘PINK MOUNTAIN’ | Serissa Dwarf Pink Snow Rose |
| SERISSA JAPONICA ‘WINTER FUJI’ | Variegated Pink Serissa |
| SOLEIROLIA SOLEIROLII | Baby Tears |
| STACHYS BYZANTINA | Lambs Ear |
| THYMUS ‘DORETTA KLABER’ | Thyme |
| THYMUS CITRIODORUS | Lemon Thyme |
| THYMUS COCCINEUS GROUP | Wild Thyme |
| THYMUS PSEUDOLANUGINOSUS | Wooly Thyme |
| THYMUS PULEGIOIDES ‘ARCHER’S GOLD’ | Creeping Thyme |
| THYMUS SERPYLLUM ‘ELFIN’ | Elfin Thyme |
| CEPHALOMANES JAVANICUM | Aqua Fern, Borneo Fern |
| TRITICUM AESTIVUM | Wheatgrass |
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