Interesting all!
My wife runs the naming department here (except for CLOWN PANTS, of course), and the idea that your name will always be connected is meaningful to me. She uses naming as a ministry. Many of our intros are named by people who are in the extremes of their lives, sudden tragedy....or time of celebration. There are some situations when words fail, but we have found that giving a plant with a meaningful name can be healing. John Rice did it for our family in the naming of MEGGIE'S SMILE, for our beautiful niece who was tragically killed. Every year we hear back from people who are continually ministered to by the naming of a cultivar.
Robin Nichols called our garden Sappy Acres....lol. But....when I walk out on a summer morning, and see the many meaningful blooms, I find that I am being ministered to also.
And I like the fact that you don't have to grow 10000s of seeds to have a successful program. I only grow between 200-500 per year. As a seed seller, my plan is to have everybody else grow them....lol.
Steve
