A flower named Dave

Fountain grass (Pennisetum setaceum) a.k.a. "Monkey Tails"

Ty and I went on a walk the other day on the path behind their house. Fountain grass is a popular plant in the neighborhood and Brian and Ashlynn named it "Monkey Tails" years ago, so the name has stuck. Ty saw some and excitedly pronounced, "Monkey Tails!" I told him good job and we continued on the way. (Hey, see why common names are always a crap shoot in plant identification? Binomial nomenclature rocks.)

An example of binomial nomenclature featuring our beloved Carolus Linnaeus.

Further on we saw some daisies so I asked him what the name of those plants were (he occasionally knows Daisy). I prompted him with, "Day..." And he stated matter-of-factly, "Dave." And continued walking. That just cracked me up. There was no hint of question in his voice (unlike poor Briggs who everything is a question with him, usually an unspoken question because he's too unsure of himself to ever get the words out.)

Santa Barbara Daisy (Erigeron karvinskianus)

Last night at Farmer's we were walking through the courtyard by the Gap and Barnes and Noble when Ty asked me, "Where's Periwinkle?" (He always likes to see the picture of my cat, Periwinkle, which I have on my cell phone.) I said, "He's at home." "No! Where's the real periwinkle?"

Periwinkle (Vinca major)

Smart kid! Months ago I had shown the kids a flower in the pots there that is called Periwinkle (which is what my cat is named after - one of my favorite ground covers). So I showed it to him and he was happy.

The "fake" Periwinkle, a.k.a. Pip short for Pipsqueak.