Since it's the season for gardening, I'm collecting together here links to all Wordlady's gardening-related posts:
- LILAC Pronunciation and origin: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2015/06/lack-lock-or-luck.html
- TROWEL, SPADE, SHOVEL origin (and why do we say "Call a spade a spade"?): http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2016/05/calling-spade-spade-or-should-that-be.html
- LAWN origin: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2011/05/lawn.html
- PEONY origin: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2012/06/paeans-for-peonies.html
- COSMOS origin and pronunciation: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2015/07/all-is-well-in-my-cosmos.html
- WHEELBARROW OR WHEELBARREL? http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2013/08/wheelbarrow-or-wheelbarrel.html
- TULIP origin: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2013/04/tiptoe-through-tulips.html
- FUCHSIA pronunciation: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2011/12/seasonal-spelling-slip-up.html
- PINK origin (which came first, the colour or the flower?): http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2016/06/in-pink.html
- When FLOWER and FLOUR were the same word: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2012/05/flower-and-flour.html
- BASIL origin and pronunciation: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2013/06/of-basil-and-basilisks.html
- RUDBECKIA spelling and origin: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2010/10/not-to-be-confused-with-politebeckia.html
- PASSIONFRUIT origin: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2012/02/passion-fruit-or-passion-killers.html
- PISTIL spelling and origin: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2010/08/always-good-advice.html
- RHUBARB origin: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2012/05/rhubarb.html
- HERB or ERB? http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2012/10/herb-or-erb.html
- SQUIRREL origin: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2012/10/feeling-squirrelly.html
- HOSTA and PLANTAIN origin and pronunciation: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2016/06/one-funky-plant.html
- COTONEASTER and ASTER origin and pronunciation: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2016/06/cotoneaster.html
- EUONYMUS origin and spelling: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2011/04/are-you-pseudisodomous.html
- SPRUCE origin: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2016/10/sprucing-up-place.html
- CAMELLIA spelling, origin, and pronunciation: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2016/10/the-wordlady-of-camellias.html
- MALVA / MALLOW origin: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.com/2018/08/more-about-mauve.html
- SERVICEBERRY /SASKATOON https://katherinebarber.blogspot.com/2019/05/at-your-service.html
Is there a gardening-related word you would like to know more about? Send me an email at wordlady.barber@gmail.com.
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Hello, Katherine, can you tell me about that beautiful illustration to your post? Many thanks, Jeremy
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