Thank you Mary, maybe I should plant both! Tish On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Mary Bordi <geneal...@hununu.org> wrote:
> > On May 31, 2010, at 8:52 PM, Tish M wrote: > > I know this is a little off the subject, but a friend of mine and the > internet are in disagreement. > I would like to plant a Jacinto plant in my yard. On the internet it is > listed as a hyacinthus, but > my friend says her family in San Miguel called the Agapanthus africanus a > Jacinto. > How about a little help from the group? > > > The same common name can be given to many different plants depending on who > is doing the naming and where they are! I work for a seed company and people > often write us asking if we carry seed for a certain plant using the common > name only. Sometimes we know what they are talking about and sometimes not! > > Apparently it is Hyacinthus orientalis??? If so, here is a picture. Not > surprising someone would think it was the same as an agapanthus. > > > http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Garden_Hyacinth_Hyacinthus_orientalis_%27Blue_Jacket%27_Flower_2000px.jpg > > Hope that helps. And thanks for mentioning the Jacinto. I had not heard of > it! > > Mary Bordi > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<azores%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right > that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." > -- sfig Researching Island: Santa Maria Freguesia: Santa Barbara -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
