Common Name Conundrums
all right Gardening‘s written matter editor , Suzanne Noel , and I often get mired in minutia ( “ Suzanne , should that be minutia ? ” Long conversation ensues … ) . These matters often send me on short journeying of research that enlighten and fascinate me . The latest conundrum involve whether or not to capitalize some vulgar plant names . For representative , we recollect that the parole “ hinoki ” ( in Hinoki cypress , the common name ofChamaecyparis obtusa ) should be capitalized , assuming that Hinoki is a city or sight in Japan ....