Plants called 'Keith'
Susie Thompson
suddenly had this bright idea - is there a plant variety of any kind
with the name Keith in it? I've just had a quick look on the Internet
and can't find any sites which look helpful. I've got 12 months to find
something suitable for UK outdoor gardening or a houseplant, if it
exists. Our surname is easy - kniphofia thompsonii for example, and
we've already got one or two of those.
--
Susie Thompson
(to reply by e-mail delete nospam from my address)
Alan Gould
<clou...@nospamcloudsley.demon.co.uk> writes
>It's my husband's 60th birthday coming up in just over a year's time. I
>suddenly had this bright idea - is there a plant variety of any kind
>with the name Keith in it? I've just had a quick look on the Internet
>and can't find any sites which look helpful. I've got 12 months to find
>something suitable for UK outdoor gardening or a houseplant, if it
>exists. Our surname is easy - kniphofia thompsonii for example, and
>we've already got one or two of those.
There's also Thompson's Iris and Thompson's Waterleaf, but Keith is a
bit more elusive as a plant's first name.
You might have more choice if you followed a hobby or special interest
of his. The suggestion of a hop vine for a homebrewer was well received.
--
Alan and Joan Gould, North Lincs.
<al...@agolincs.demon.co.uk>
Morley
Susie Thompson wrote in message ...
>It's my husband's 60th birthday coming up in just over a year's time.
I
>suddenly had this bright idea - is there a plant variety of any kind
>with the name Keith in it? I've just had a quick look on the Internet
>and can't find any sites which look helpful. I've got 12 months to
find
>something suitable for UK outdoor gardening or a houseplant, if it
>exists. Our surname is easy - kniphofia thompsonii for example, and
>we've already got one or two of those.
>Susie Thompson
>(to reply by e-mail delete nospam from my address)
You know, some nursery somewhere, some time, is going to make a small
fortune when they start breeding plants with a *big* range of Christian
names! Morley
Andy Mabbett
<al...@agolincs.demon.co.uk> writes
>Keith is a
>bit more elusive as a plant's first name.
Keith Thompson, Hmmm.
There must be lots of plants called "Katie"...
You could try:
Dahlia 'Keith's Choice'
Dahlia 'Orange Keith's Choice
Both avaiallble from:
Halls of Heddon, West Heddon Nurseries, Heddon-on-the-
Wall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Tel. (01661) 852445
There are also:
Clematis 'Keith Richardson'
Crocus 'Keith Rattray'
Pelargonium 'Keith Vernon'
Rosa 'Macfreego' Penelope Keith (Min/Patio)
All listed in the Plantfinder 1998/9 CD-ROM.
--
Andy Mabbett
<sig seeds planted and expected to germinate shortly>
Susie Thompson
<fa...@swhl.nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>You know, some nursery somewhere, some time, is going to make a small
>fortune when they start breeding plants with a *big* range of Christian
>names! Morley
>
latin primer. Horizontalis depressus conjures up the picture of a row
of recently felled leylandii ?
Morley - In view of a topic that has been much discussed recently, how
about Hariolation morleyensis! :*))
Morley
Susie Thompson wrote in message ...
><fa...@swhl.nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>>You know, some nursery somewhere, some time, is going to make a small
>>fortune when they start breeding plants with a *big* range of
Christian
>>names! Morley
>>
>This thread put me in mind of Thelwell's "Up the Garden Path" and his
>latin primer. Horizontalis depressus conjures up the picture of a row
>of recently felled leylandii ?
>
>Morley - In view of a topic that has been much discussed recently, how
>about Hariolation morleyensis! :*))
I'm honoured! This is the only way I'll get something named after me. Oh
dear, this could give rise to a *very* funny thread if everyone thinks
up the Latin for their friends on here! Morley
Susie Thompson
<an...@pigsonthewing.demon.co.uk> writes
Thanks for all the 'Keiths' Andy. I've made a note of it all and will
get in touch with the growers nearer the time.
I guess that my name probably isn't so difficult to track down, so if I
drop Keith a hint about presents for me sometime in the future .... !
Andy Mabbett
<fa...@swhl.nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
> Oh
>dear, this could give rise to a *very* funny thread if everyone thinks
>up the Latin for their friends on here! Morley
'Mabbett reticulata' would seem apt..!
Andy Mabbett
<clou...@nospamcloudsley.demon.co.uk> writes
>I guess that my name probably isn't so difficult to track down,
I suspect that the only way I'll get a plant called "Mabbett" is to
breded my own...
(Though I was impressed with Kay's almost- perfect "Mabbott's Permain"
apple!)
cormaic
<an...@pigsonthewing.demon.co.uk> enriched all our lives with these
words:
>In article <918411354.22735.0...@news.demon.co.uk>, Morley
><fa...@swhl.nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>> Oh
>>dear, this could give rise to a *very* funny thread if everyone thinks
>>up the Latin for their friends on here! Morley
>
>'Mabbett reticulata' would seem apt..!
Mabbet Procrastinata would be better :~)
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Morley
cormaic wrote in message <36c13541....@news.clara.net>...
>'Twas Mon, 8 Feb 1999 00:56:27 +0000, when Andy Mabbett
><an...@pigsonthewing.demon.co.uk> enriched all our lives with these
>words:
>
>>In article <918411354.22735.0...@news.demon.co.uk>,
Morley
>><fa...@swhl.nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>>> Oh
>>>dear, this could give rise to a *very* funny thread if everyone
thinks
>>>up the Latin for their friends on here! Morley
>>
>>'Mabbett reticulata' would seem apt..!
>
> Mabbet Procrastinata would be better :~)
>cormaic - http://www.tmac.clara.net/cormaic/garden/garden.htm
Cormaic chuckleissimus? Morley
Alan Gould
<an...@pigsonthewing.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <918411354.22735.0...@news.demon.co.uk>, Morley
><fa...@swhl.nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>> Oh
>>dear, this could give rise to a *very* funny thread if everyone thinks
>>up the Latin for their friends on here! Morley
>
>'Mabbett reticulata' would seem apt..!
Wouldn't "Mabbett articulata" be even more apt? :-)
--
Alan Gould: <al...@agolincs.demon.co.uk>
Edward Easton
You could make friends with a taxonomist. Lonicera, for example, is an
anagram of Caroline. I came on the scene too latee, but my husband's ex
has two earthworms named after her ;-)
>
--
Kay Easton
Morley
Edward Easton wrote in message ...
I don't think I care for this idea! My real name would make up into
something that sounded like a bad cough, probably! Morley
Ian Wilkins
> Cormaic chuckleissimus? Morley
Cormiac siblata nightmarus?
Vegatablis Maximus Gouldus?
Adios Amigos!
Ian "Cultivus basicus".
--
This post does not reflect the opinions of Whitakers.
Jane Ransom
<eas...@scarboro.demon.co.uk> writes
>I came on the scene too latee, but my husband's ex
>has two earthworms named after her ;-)
>>
Would you really have wanted a worm named after you, Kay??????
A worm call - yak !!!!
--
Jane Ransom in Lancaster.
Sue
Morley wrote:
>Susie Thompson wrote in message ...
>I
>>suddenly had this bright idea - is there a plant variety of any kind
>>with the name Keith in it?
>You know, some nursery somewhere, some time, is going to make a small
>fortune when they start breeding plants with a *big* range of Christian
>names! Morley
I think that's a wonderful idea! Especially if they had a web-site with an
index or a find-the-name search and online mail order service.
I found a little euonymous called 'Susan' in a local nursery, hardly more
than a rooted cutting, but I can't find out anything in books about its
growing habits. Flowering now is iris reticulata 'George' in memory of a
grandad, a great-grandad and numerous other Georges I discovered on the
family tree's branches. It would be lovely to be able to track down plants
to have a garden full of friends and family this way.
Sue
cormaic
<fa...@swhl.nospam.demon.co.uk> enriched all our lives with these
words:
>Cormaic chuckleissimus? Morley
>
Morley Devoniensis
and while she's not here...Judith Accidentalis :~)
Susie Thompson
<ran...@mearsgyl.demon.co.uk> writes
>Would you really have wanted a worm named after you, Kay??????
>A worm call - yak !!!!
lecturer in Mining Engineering before early retirement arrived. As he
is a self-confessed reluctant gardener with genuine, previous
subterranean experience, I reckon that Keith is well qualified for a
sort of worm-ish name :*))) But what?
Morley
Sue wrote in message <79q2p2$60g$2...@newnews.global.net.uk>...
>
>Morley wrote:
<snip>>>You know, some nursery somewhere, some time, is going to make a
small
>>fortune when they start breeding plants with a *big* range of
Christian
>>names! Morley
>------------
>I think that's a wonderful idea! Especially if they had a web-site
with an
>index or a find-the-name search and online mail order service.
>to have a garden full of friends and family this way.
>Sue
I think so. Many people seem to look for plants with a particular name
significance for them or their family; in my pond I have an iris named
Dorothy - my mother's names are Dorothy Iris and she's trying to decide
whether she's thrilled or miffed to be up to her neck in a pond in
Devon! Eventually, someone is going to cotton onto this and offer 'name'
plants just as others offer car number plates. Nice little earner! ;-)
Morley
Trevor Rimmer
from Edward Easton <eas...@scarboro.demon.co.uk> contains these words:
>snip<
> ... but my husband's ex has two earthworms named after her ;-)
> >
> --
> Kay Easton
When my daughter was three, she used to come and 'help' in the
garden. This help consisted of rooting around in recently dug earth
until she found a worm, then coming to show it to us with immense
pride, then giving it a name and taking it for a walk around the
garden chattering away merrily to it. Several of her friends from
pre-school had worms named after them. Needless to say, a whopping
great Lumbricus terrestris got called 'Daddy worm', much to my wife's delight.
For a few days, I was named after young Bethan's friend for several
days afterwards.
Trev R
Trevor Rimmer
from Susie Thompson <clou...@nospamcloudsley.demon.co.uk>
contains these words:
My elder daughter made up a character that I had to make up bedtime
stories about for her.
It was a worm, which she named 'Shickles'.
Easier than her purple talking fish called 'Appiccaliccahutch'....
Thank goodness she can read now!
Trev R
Andy Mabbett
ODAYTHANKStmac.clara.net> writes
>>'Mabbett reticulata' would seem apt..!
>
Grrrr...
--
Andy Mabbett
I've typed all of the right characters, but not /necessarily/ in the right
order...
Andy Mabbett
<al...@agolincs.demon.co.uk> writes
>>'Mabbett reticulata' would seem apt..!
>
Hmm, I shall take that as a compliment.
Andy Mabbett
<clou...@nospamcloudsley.demon.co.uk> writes
>Being as I started all this - my husband, the original Keith, was a
>lecturer in Mining Engineering before early retirement arrived.
Problem solved. Plant Coal rabi...
Andy Mabbett
>fortune when they start breeding plants with a *big* range of Christian
>names!
I'm still trying to track down Rose 'Brazier', last heard of in France
in the 50s - Brazier is my mothers's maiden name...
Morley
Andy Mabbett wrote in message ...
>In article <918348342.4712.5...@news.demon.co.uk>, Morley
><fa...@swhl.nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>>You know, some nursery somewhere, some time, is going to make a small
>>fortune when they start breeding plants with a *big* range of
Christian
>>names!
>
>I'm still trying to track down Rose 'Brazier', last heard of in France
>in the 50s - Brazier is my mothers's maiden name...
>--
>Andy Mabbett
Andy, I have some friends living in St Malo who will probably be coming
to Devon this spring or summer. Would you like me to ask them if they
can find it for you or have you already gone down that route? Morley
Glenna R. Chapman
Susie Thompson wrote in message ...
>It's my husband's 60th birthday coming up in just over a year's time. I
>suddenly had this bright idea - is there a plant variety of any kind
>and can't find any sites which look helpful. I've got 12 months to find
>something suitable for UK outdoor gardening or a houseplant, if it
>exists. Our surname is easy - kniphofia thompsonii for example, and
>we've already got one or two of those.
>Susie Thompson
>(to reply by e-mail delete nospam from my address)
Another possibility for names: try the Registration and Introduction lists
published by the American Iris Society. A yearly listing has been published
since the 1920's, with *every* iris registered or introduced in the USA.
Contact your local Iris club or check with a local Botanic library for
copies.
Cheers
Glenna in Colorado
Jeff Joyner
>
> Susie Thompson wrote in message ...
> >It's my husband's 60th birthday coming up in just over a year's time. I
> >suddenly had this bright idea - is there a plant variety of any kind
> >with the name Keith in it?
There's an orchid hybrid grex called Cattleytonia "Keith Roth"; small
plant in the cattleya alliance, a cross between Broughtonia sanguinea
and a Cattleya. Most of them have red flowers. Also a Pleoine (orchid)
hybrid called "Keith Rattray"; these are the only two I can think of.
Check out the Orchid Mall on the web for sources if interested.
Rick Wortelboer
Names (from the 40000 cultivars therein):
Acer 'Keithsform'
Clematis 'Keith Richardson'
Dendranthema 'Keith Luxford'
Tulipa 'Alice Keith'
Greetings,
Rick
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>Susie Thompson wrote in message ...
>>It's my husband's 60th birthday coming up in just over a year's time. I
>>suddenly had this bright idea - is there a plant variety of any kind