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By Marie Iannotti, About.com Guide to Gardening

What's Up with All this Latin?

Monday January 24, 2005
Landscaping Guide, David Beaulieu, answers the often asked question, “Why do we use the Latin names of plants?”. Blue Mist shrub and Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate may be more evocative and memorable than Caryopteris or Persicaria orientalis, but they won’t always get you what you’re looking for. Let David explain.

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