How To Use Plant Botanical Names in a Sentence

Acer
Welcome to Canada; have a nice day Acer.

Agathis
Ever since I stepped on that cactus, Agathis horrible pain in my foot!

Agave
She didn't like my garden, so Agave her a piece of my mind.

Albizia
We could go to the party, depends Albizia are.

Aloe
Aloe do you think the temperature will drop tonight?

Araucaria
Hurry up Araucaria the whole way!

Azara
Azara way you could deliver those plants?

Banksia
I'm going to the Banksia later!

Betula
I'll Betula hundred dollars your palm will be dead in spring.

Campsis
How dare he Campsis self right in my garden!

Cantua
Cantua see a storm's a-comin'?

Carya
Get in the Carya lazy bum.

Ceanothus
Ceanothus nice place we can go for Thai food.

Chrysolepis
We just need a good Chrysolepis alone.

Cupressus
We'd complain about plant import restrictions, but the USDA might Cupressus.

Doodia
Doodia gotta see my new cactus garden!

Dryopteris
Let's go inside and Dryopteris jacket.

Dudleya
This lightsaber is a Dudleya!

Dypsis
Those Dypsis always trampling my newly planted succulents.

Echinocereus
And you thought this was Echinocereus web page about plants.

Ficus
Sorry if Ficus too much about those deer.

Gunnera
Don't go hunting deer without a Gunnera bow and arrow.

Hebe
Can a person be a plant nut, if Hebe a landscaper?

Howea
Howea get such a beautiful garden?

Jubaea
Did you trim that hedge by hand or Jubaea hedge trimmer?

Luma
I made this hat with a hand Luma nice present from Santa.

Musa
That's a Musa very dangerous creature.

Notocactus
That's Notocactus; it's a Euphorbia.

Olearia
Don't talk too loud or the neighbors Olearia.

Passiflora
Could you Passiflora over here; I want to identify this plant.

Phormium
All this ice cream is Phormium!

Picea
I'm going to eat some Picea later!

Prunus
"What do you think, Laurel, should someone Prunus?" "I don't know, Ivy, maybe they should just chop us down."

Rhapis
Rhapis not the best music to promote plant growth.

Rubus
Those neighbors with their unkempt yard really Rubus the wrong way!

Sabal
My boss wants me to work Sunday, but I Sabal.

Salvia
Go Salvia own problems, man! (-Brandt)

Sedum
Pa says them buzzards ain't been in the corn, but I done Sedum!

Sophora
Sophora thousand dollars, I can buy this cycad?

Taxus
I would have bought you a conifer, but the government Taxus too much.

Viburnum
Dead branches: Viburnum ven you can chip 'em?

Vitis
I'd like to go but they didn't in Vitis.

Xylosma
Xylosma palm tree in last winter's hard freeze.

Yucca
Oh Yucca smashed slug on my shoe!

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