Coleus:
- Darth Vader
- Saturn
- Saturn's Rings
- Solar Flare
- Solar Shadow
- Solar Sunrise
- Vulcan
Daylily:
- Alien
- Alien Contact
- Alien Encounter
- Alien Escape Pod
- Alien Invader
- Alien Landing
- Alien Skin
- Alien's Eye
- Android
- Android Dreams
- Andromeda
- Asteroid
- Astral Voyager
- Beam Me Up
- Beam Me Up, Scotty
- Ben Kirk
- Big Dipper
- Black Hole
- Borg Technology
- Cloaking Device
- First Officer's Log
- Galaxy Quest
- Klatuu Barata Nictu
- Life on Bajor
- Notify Ground Crew
- Photon Torpedo
- Romulan Deflector
- Spock's Ears
- Vulcan Logic
Hosta:
- Captain Kirk
- Enterprise
- Foxfire X Philes (just for fun)
- Galaxy
- Galaxy Light
- Gamma Ray
- Kiwi Milky Way
- Little Dipper
- Lunar
Eclipse - Lunar Orbit
- Lunar Sea
- Outer Space
- Saturn
- Starship
- Striker
- Super Nova
- Venus
- Voyager
- Vulcan
These lists are not complete. I looked through 5,320 daylily names out of 38,449 on Dave's Garden and then filled in with some names from the article, and I'm sure there are more genuses with sci-fi plants. The reason why there are so many hostas, daylilies, and coleuses is because they're relatively easy to hybridize and propagate. I started looking through African violets, but half-way through I was pretty sure I wouldn't find any. I wouldn't be surprised if there were some more in the Liliaceae family such as with tulips, but phew, that's a lot of plants.
Looking through some of the names, it would be relatively easy to do a Lord of the Rings or fantasy-themed garden. I even found hostas called "Dot Com" and "Website". Hybridizers certainly get creative when it comes to names. I think I'll send my brother-in-law a hosta called "Twisted Sister".
Cute post, AR~~ I've thought of this too. Plant breeders must have great time conjuring names for their babies. I'm amazed at the variety you were able to find.
ReplyDeleteI didn't see the Dave's Garden article so if these have been mentioned, my apologies.
There are the food-themed Heucheras such as, Marmalade, Georgia Peach, and the sub-themed Dolce series, Creme de Menthe, Key Lime Pie, Licorice, Peach melba. There also city themed Heucheras, Hollywood, Paris, etc.
Lagerstroemia or Crape Myrtle has a series with Native American tribal names.
This is a fun topic.
Gardening was really fun to do.Therefore, it is really a fun topic.
ReplyDeleteI think the length of your lists simply suggests: There are WAY too many hostas and day lilies in the world! I won't say that about coleus, because I like coleus. I bet there would be some african violets -- there are some crazy ones with spotted flowers, and I think some of them have sci-fi names.
ReplyDeleteBut what will you do with the 'Dark Side' of the garden?
ReplyDeleteNice post:)
How cool is this??? I never realized all of these names were out there!!! I just adore coleus...but it takes water and with our watering restrictions here it is impossible!!!
ReplyDeleteHow interesting. I never thought of having a themed garden based on the names of the plants. I am surprised by the quantity of plants with sci-fi related names.
ReplyDeleteThanks for making the list, Not-So-Angry Redhead - I love the idea of such a garden, even if I'd never get around to actually making it!
ReplyDeleteThe daylily named 'Lunar Landing' is one I'd love to grow.
Annie at the Transplantable Rose