It's been a while, but we still miss zauschneria. The plant is still with us, blooming right now to enliven late summer, but the name is obsolete. Some call it California fuchsia, but it isn't much ...

What’s in a name? Why do we need complicated botanical names, in Latin no less? So that everyone knows exactly what plant is being discussed. What is wrong with common names? Simply put, they may mean ...

Botanical names might look like a jumble of Latin, but they’re actually more useful (and less scary) than most people think. Unlike common names, which can change from place to place, botanical names ...

A new genus and species of flowering plants from the custard apple family, Annonaceae, has been discovered in the jungles of Gabon by French and Gabonese botanists. The extraordinary genus was named ...

Last year, in an issue of our monthly newsletter for Yakima Master Gardeners, Jenny Mansfield recounted a stroll through her winter garden on the way to refilling the bird feeders. She noted that Lamb ...

Q: Someone told me the other day that rosemary is now a sage. Is this true? If so, when and why did the name change? A: Yes, this is true. The genus and species have changed for the common rosemary: ...