Gardening-related Wordlady posts

Since it's the season for gardening, I'm collecting together here links to all Wordlady's gardening-related posts:

1. LILAC Pronunciation and origin: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2015/06/lack-lock-or-luck.html
2. 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
   
3. LAWN origin: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2011/05/lawn.html
4. PEONY origin: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2012/06/paeans-for-peonies.html
5. COSMOS  origin and pronunciation: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2015/07/all-is-well-in-my-cosmos.html
6. WHEELBARROW OR WHEELBARREL? http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2013/08/wheelbarrow-or-wheelbarrel.html
7. TULIP origin: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2013/04/tiptoe-through-tulips.html 
8. FUCHSIA pronunciation: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2011/12/seasonal-spelling-slip-up.html 
9. PINK origin (which came first, the colour or the flower?): http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2016/06/in-pink.html
10. When FLOWER and FLOUR were the same word: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2012/05/flower-and-flour.html
11. BASIL origin and pronunciation: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2013/06/of-basil-and-basilisks.html
12. RUDBECKIA spelling and origin: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2010/10/not-to-be-confused-with-politebeckia.html 
13. PASSIONFRUIT origin: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2012/02/passion-fruit-or-passion-killers.html
14. PISTIL spelling and origin: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2010/08/always-good-advice.html  
15. RHUBARB origin: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2012/05/rhubarb.html
16. HERB or ERB? http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2012/10/herb-or-erb.html
17. SQUIRREL origin: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2012/10/feeling-squirrelly.html  
18. HOSTA and PLANTAIN origin and pronunciation: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2016/06/one-funky-plant.html
19. COTONEASTER and ASTER origin and pronunciation: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2016/06/cotoneaster.html 
20. EUONYMUS origin and spelling: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2011/04/are-you-pseudisodomous.html
21. SPRUCE origin: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2016/10/sprucing-up-place.html 
22. CAMELLIA spelling, origin, and pronunciation: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/2016/10/the-wordlady-of-camellias.html 
23. MALVA / MALLOW origin: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.com/2018/08/more-about-mauve.html 
24. SERVICEBERRY /SASKATOON https://katherinebarber.blogspot.com/2019/05/at-your-service.html 

 
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