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26 Jul 13 - 03:49 AM (#3541852) Subject: Plants named after folk performers From: GUEST,PeterC I have a lily in the garden, named after Julie Fowlis, which is just flowering for the first time (and very lovely it is) This has got me wondering if there are any other plants named after folk performers? |
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26 Jul 13 - 04:17 AM (#3541857) Subject: RE: Plants named after folk performers From: mayomick Old Man's Beard? |
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26 Jul 13 - 04:32 AM (#3541861) Subject: RE: Plants named after folk performers From: GUEST Titan arum. |
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26 Jul 13 - 04:38 AM (#3541863) Subject: RE: Plants named after folk performers From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity An Ochs tree??? ;~O GfS |
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26 Jul 13 - 02:52 PM (#3542103) Subject: RE: Plants named after folk performers From: Vic Smith The Savoy Cabbage Family Cajun Band? |
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26 Jul 13 - 02:54 PM (#3542104) Subject: RE: Plants named after folk performers From: Vic Smith Jackie & Doug Oats? |
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26 Jul 13 - 02:56 PM (#3542106) Subject: RE: Plants named after folk performers From: Vic Smith Elizabeth Cotton? |
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26 Jul 13 - 02:58 PM (#3542109) Subject: RE: Plants named after folk performers From: Vic Smith Tony Rose? |
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26 Jul 13 - 03:05 PM (#3542112) Subject: RE: Plants named after folk performers From: MGM·Lion Vics (plums |
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26 Jul 13 - 03:12 PM (#3542113) Subject: RE: Plants named after folk performers From: GUEST,Songbob Bob Dill(an) Joan Bay's leaf (yeah, but her name should be pronounce "Bays") Libba Cotton (as mentioned) Phil Och's trees ( " " ) Lee Hays The Greebriar Boys Burley ol' Ivy (of course) ... And none of these plants will grow without water, son! I'm at a loss for more, but have done enough damage for now, anyway. Bob |
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26 Jul 13 - 04:14 PM (#3542138) Subject: RE: Plants named after folk performers From: GUEST,PeterC Sorry to interrupt the fantasies, but I was actually thinking of real plants/flowers names after real folk performers. For instance, with all the interest in the Ewan McColl 2015 possible event, did he ever get a plant named after him? |
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26 Jul 13 - 04:14 PM (#3542139) Subject: RE: Plants named after folk performers From: Elmore Rosemary "Rosie" Hardman. |
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26 Jul 13 - 04:22 PM (#3542143) Subject: RE: Plants named after folk performers From: Elmore Oops. Sorry guest. I misunderstood. The answer is no. |
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26 Jul 13 - 04:31 PM (#3542145) Subject: RE: Plants named after folk performers From: GUEST,hc Marty "famous flowers of serving men" Carthy |
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27 Jul 13 - 08:41 AM (#3542338) Subject: RE: Plants named after folk performers From: Vic Smith Hazel Askew? |
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27 Jul 13 - 08:42 AM (#3542339) Subject: RE: Plants named after folk performers From: Vic Smith Rowan Rheingans? |
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27 Jul 13 - 08:43 AM (#3542340) Subject: RE: Plants named after folk performers From: Vic Smith Daisy Chapman? |
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27 Jul 13 - 02:38 PM (#3542445) Subject: RE: Plants named after folk performers From: Elmore Lotus Dickey. |
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27 Jul 13 - 07:26 PM (#3542519) Subject: RE: Plants named after folk performers From: Q (Frank Staplin) Plant hybridizers often name their new plants after people, but unless one is looking for new garden plants and gets the sales catalogues for these crosses and selections, one doesn't know about them. There could be one or two, but names after classical and popular performers are more likely to be found. |
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27 Jul 13 - 10:17 PM (#3542555) Subject: RE: Plants named after folk performers From: Reinhard Vic, now I'm curious what kind of plant will be named after Hannah James… |
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27 Jul 13 - 10:24 PM (#3542556) Subject: RE: Plants named after folk performers From: Reinhard And if I may spin the plant connection further to albums, Martin Carthy's Sweet Wivelsfield is named after a carnation variant: “The title was Norma's idea. She read somewhere that Sweet Wivelsfield is a hybrid derivative of the Sweet William flower, and suggested it as a title because of the wonderfully hybrid nature of the folksong animal itself.” |
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28 Jul 13 - 08:49 AM (#3542673) Subject: RE: Plants named after folk performers From: Gallus Moll Sweet William is known in Scotland as 'Stinking Billy' (for historical reasons) |
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28 Jul 13 - 09:28 AM (#3542690) Subject: RE: Plants named after folk performers From: Vic Smith Vic, now I'm curious what kind of plant will be named after Hannah James… I'm sorry, but I think that Hannah's parents showed a real lack of foresight giving her that name, knowing that when she grew up she might possibly end up in a group with Hazel and Rowan. After all, they could have given her a much more suitable name of which Holly, Olivia, Willow & Cherry are just a few. |
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28 Jul 13 - 02:17 PM (#3542790) Subject: RE: Plants named after folk performers From: mayomick Thomas Moore's Rose .From the website of Dublin's Botanic Garden : One of the most popular sights in the garden, however, is 'The last Rose of Summer' - a cultivar of the China rose R. chinensis 'Old Blush'. It was raised from a cutting taken from a rose at Jenkinstown House in County Kilkenny which, according to tradition, was the rose that inspired Thomas Moore to write his famous ballad. |
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28 Jul 13 - 05:25 PM (#3542863) Subject: RE: Plants named after folk performers From: The Sandman how about a folk performer named after a plant... saffron summerfield, a very poetic name that has a charming image. |
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28 Jul 13 - 10:11 PM (#3542953) Subject: RE: Plants named after folk performers From: GUEST,Julia L I believe there is a rose called "Folksinger" julia |
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28 Jul 13 - 10:19 PM (#3542957) Subject: RE: Plants named after folk performers From: GUEST,Julia L I have a daylily called "May Colvin" ( as in the ballad) I know there are a number of hybrid flowers named for characters in ballads and legends; "Galahad" delphinium for instance. Ther are a number of site which help one search for particular plant varieties. You could do a search of popular plants (like roses or daylilies) and put in your favorite folksingers.. let us know what you find! best- Julia |
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28 Jul 13 - 10:33 PM (#3542961) Subject: RE: Plants named after folk performers From: GUEST,Julia L Just found this daylily named for Sandy Denny! http://sandydenny.blogspot.com/2012/10/daylilies.html |