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Nov 10, 2011 4:41 PM CST
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Name: Zuzu
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Sherry, I think you'll have better results if you enter those names without the plural "s."
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Nov 10, 2011 4:55 PM CST
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Exactly, which is why I added the 'persimmon' list link because it picks up the common name in the search so there is no need to know the latin name.
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Nov 10, 2011 6:10 PM CST
Name: Sherry
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Is this inconsistent? If you enter roses (plural), you get roses. If you enter daylilies (plural), you get daylilies. If you enter apples (plural), you get other plants with 'apples' in their cultivar name. If you enter bamboo, you get daylilies with 'bamboo' in their cultivar name. If you enter persimmons, you get daylilies with 'persimmons' in their cultivar name.
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Nov 10, 2011 6:15 PM CST
Plants Admin
Name: Zuzu
Northern California (Zone 9a)
Region: Ukraine Charter ATP Member Region: California Cat Lover Roses Clematis
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The search engine picks up common names. No persimmon is going to have a common name in the plural form, but a Daylily might have a cultivar name with "persimmons" in the plural form.

Roses and Daylilies have a parent page, so the common name on those pages is "roses" rather than "rose" and "daylilies" rather than "daylily." Most of the genera do not have a parent page, so they aren't ever listed in the plural form.
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Nov 10, 2011 6:18 PM CST
Name: Sherry
Northern California
Sunset Zone 17
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Region: Pacific Northwest Seed Starter Region: California Plant Identifier
Is this inconsistent? If one enters daylilies (plural), you get daylilies. If one enters roses (plural), you get roses. If you enter apples, you get daylilies with apples in the cultivar name, if you enter 'bamboo', you get daylilies with 'bamboo' in the cutivar name. Am I being nuts here? It would seem that a search for a rose should be ref'd under 'rose' and then sub-ref'd under cultivar name, likewise daylilies, etc....no?
I could be wrong...
and.....
"maybe I should have kept my mouth shut....."
The Urge for Seeds is Strong in This One.....
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Nov 10, 2011 6:21 PM CST
Name: Sherry
Northern California
Sunset Zone 17
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Region: Pacific Northwest Seed Starter Region: California Plant Identifier
Cross posted...sorry.
I could be wrong...
and.....
"maybe I should have kept my mouth shut....."
The Urge for Seeds is Strong in This One.....

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