Samlav said:While looking at all the phlox I came across 2 plants that I questioned being there: Bush Penstemone and an Iris "Pink Phlox".
@Samlav, common names really do cause confusion; sometimes a single plant can have
multiple common names and
unrelated plants in entirely different families can have the
same common names!
Until one gets used to the difference between common names, scientific names, cultivar names, it etc. it can make you crazy.
For instance, Keckiella and Penstemon are different genera of plants and yet they both have the same Common Name of "Bush Penstemon."
As zuzu mentioned in her post:
'Phlox Pink is the
Cultivar Name for this particular
Iris:
Arilbred Iris (Iris 'Phlox Pink')
Genus: Iris
Cultivar Name: 'Phlox Pink'
"Bush Penstemon" is the
Common Name for these two Genera:
Bush Penstemon (Keckiella cordifolia)
Bush Penstemon (Keckiella antirrhinoides)
Bush Penstemon (Penstemon ambiguus)
Bush Penstemon (Penstemon fruticosus)
An example:
Shrubby Penstemon (Penstemon fruticosus 'Purple Haze'):
Common Names: "Shrubby Penstemon", "Pride of the Mountain", "Bush Penstemon"
Genus: Penstemon
Species: fruticosus
Cultivar Name: 'Purple Haze'
