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Unusual flower names

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backgardengirl · 28/09/2010 22:29

Any thoughts on Lupin (ok strictly speaking it's a boy's name, but it's also a flower) or Zinnia (one of the twins in the Darling Buds of May)? Looking for something botanical that isn't 'flowery'. Any other suggestions?

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MissHavishamsDress · 03/10/2010 07:37

btw pmsl mathanxiety (grin)

MissHavishamsDress · 03/10/2010 07:32

Daphne - means Laurel but also a flowering plant with a ravishing scent

www.findmeplants.co.uk/daphne-genus.aspx
My current favourite name Smile

mathanxiety · 03/10/2010 00:46

Hope you came away unscathed.

EColi · 02/10/2010 22:23

We bumped into an Oleander t'other day. Was Oli for short.

momino · 02/10/2010 22:11

another vote for Zinnia.

Lonnie · 01/10/2010 23:23

I love Tansy as a name ..

Also Like

Rosea its girly yes but oh I think it is pretty

Clover

Aspen

JaynieB · 01/10/2010 20:57

Cherry

seeker · 30/09/2010 23:37

"Carnation, Lily, Lily,Rose."

mathanxiety · 30/09/2010 23:26

Laurel (but it's stretching the floral theme into trees)

ChynaDoll2006 · 30/09/2010 23:22

Verbena is nice.

Zinnia is the mum out of Matilda.

nannylocal · 30/09/2010 22:30

Lupin sounds like a medical complaint...Like Zinnia though.

SE13Mummy · 30/09/2010 22:27

Hebe is indeed a lovely name. Others I like include Rosa, Flora, Iris, Ivy, Clover, Juniper, Laura, Olive and Magnolia (nn Maggie?).

sharbie · 30/09/2010 22:16

fleur is lovely

fidelma · 30/09/2010 22:15

I knew a Willow
Safron
Jasmine
Rowan

all girls in the same family

CheerfulYank · 30/09/2010 22:10

I like Zinnia :)

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backgardengirl · 30/09/2010 22:05

Ho ho Lupin didn't go down very well! My favourite children's book had a girl in it called Lupin - I guess it doesn't have such nice connotations for anyone else! Thanks for all the suggestions and good feedback about Zinnia (is a bit crazy though - no?)

Other faves are:

Hebe - seems to come out as a favourite on this thread
Rowan
Hazel
Bryony - forgot this is a flower, and it's a lovely name

Thanks!

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mathanxiety · 30/09/2010 20:40

'your life or your lupins' or was it the other way round? Anyway, not Lupin.

Zytka (Polish for rose(bud))
Calantha (lovely flower, Greek)
Aster
Aven
Linnea
Cynthia
Leilani
Zahara
Ivy
Camellia
Crisanta
Marguerite

theagedparent · 30/09/2010 12:18

Tulip
Bluebell

Zinnia is lovely was the name of Matildas mum. Zinnia Wormwood I think

Pasiphae · 30/09/2010 12:13

Perrywinkle is an unusual flower name.

I offered possibilities, after that it's a question of personal taste!
(I quite like it actually, although certainly not as a first name.)

OldLadyKnowsNothing · 29/09/2010 22:44

Marigolds is industrial rubber gloves, innit.

mrsgordonfreeman · 29/09/2010 22:13

Marigold was my first choice for dd.

Firawla · 29/09/2010 22:10

not Lupin it sounds like a joke name, i think they may get teased...
Zinnia is v pretty though

Alishanty · 29/09/2010 21:42

Bryony
Ivy
Sorrell
Iris?

diddl · 29/09/2010 16:10

Hebe.

tanmu82 · 29/09/2010 16:09

OMG, some of the suggestions on here are a bit Hmm to say the least. I mean 'Perriwinkle' ??? Are you serious!