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Oct 21, 2011 1:24 PM CST
Name: Lynn
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dave said:It's true that the convention is to upper case the first letter of all the proper words in a common name.

So instead of "Crepe myrtle" it is "Crepe Myrtle". Thus I agree with Sue on "Hen and Chicks"...


I agree

Calif_Sue said:Thinking of the future search function, what would the every day common gardener not knowing the proper genus name search for? Houseleek, Hen and Chicks? If they are all the same, the search will bring up the entire list and you can still have the additional common names added too.


Here in the US I believe it to be Hen and Chicks, but in most of the world it would be Houseleek. So what would be the best way of handling that? Can we still have both used for the search function without having them both showing in the cultivar listing?

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