LADIES

[ACE]

For reasons best kept secret for a while. ( I will let you all know why next year) I need a list of plants/flowers that have lady/ladies in the name. Ladies bedstraw for example. Even if the name is just local to your area I will still be interested.
If they have catholic conoctations even better. Lets see if we can't get at least 20.
If any of you grow some of these plants, I shall also be in the market for some seeds if I cannot get them elsewhere.

[ACE]

[OllieC]

Are you including Wild flowers? A few starters to get the ball rolling...

Cuckoo flower is also called Lady's smock
Lady's Slipper - good luck getting that!
Lady's Mantle
Autumn Lady's tresses

[thifasmom]

Irish Lady's Tresses Orchid (Spiranthes romanzoffiana)

[littlebabybird]

okra  aka ladies finger, flowers are beutiful

[Baccy Man]

There are 140 plants connected to the Virgin Mary here which should give you the religious ones.
http://www.mgardens.org/OLG-PBG.html

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

I bet the list is endless - Queen Anne's Lace (Wild carrot), Miss Wilmot's ghost (eyrngium). Mrs Popple (fuchsia),Rose and all the named roses - Dorothy Perkins, Lady Stratheden (geum), Speedwell's are Veronica after a Catholic saint, Selfheal is Prunella (tho prunella was a dreadful medieval throat disease). Hyacinth is an obvious choice tho Hyacinth was a beautiful youth who came to an ancient Greek gay sticky end. Honeysuckle seems to be a girl's name if you watch Foyle's War, Heather, Stings daughter's called Fuschia, Rosemary, Bryony (white) - the only british Curcubit, Bryony (black) the only british yam,

[littlebabybird]

http://www.backyardgardener.com/plantname/Lcommon.html

there are loads here all with lady in the name (common names)

[ACE]

Baccy man You are a diamond geezer. I could not find that list. searched for ages, must have used the wrong words.

[ACE]

Ah. You ain't quite got the hang of it LBB you do the searching, I wait at leisure for your answers ;D

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

angelica, petunia, nigella. Busy Lizzie :D

[star]

I have some Sweet Woodruff if you need a piece.......

[Tin Shed]

Doing up a convent garden, Ace ?;D

[ACE]

Doing up a convent garden, Ace ?;D

Lets just say if things go to plan we might need your help again.

[Tin Shed]

Count me in - I'll practise not planting in straight lines ;D

[Paulines7]

Can you please make one thing clear Ace as there seems to be some confusion on this thread.  I thought you wanted a list of plants that have the word "Lady" or "Ladies" in the title but Rhubarb Thrasher has put forward plants with ladies names.   Very confusing.

Lords and Ladies is another one to add to your list.

[ACE]

Yes that might be the case with RT , but he seems to be enjoying himself and there was still 1 or 2  usable ones there.

But to save anybody else making the same mistake. I t is not ladies names I want it is LADY  or LADIES in the plant title.

So far I have loads of choices, but I would not mind some that are a localised name, especially if you have a good reason for the name.

Thankyou to everybody so far.

[Hyacinth]

but I would not mind some that are a localised name, especially if you have a good reason for the name.

Oh well, then, I can join in!..I've got a pink-tinged water lily growing in an old washing-up bowl in my garden...I call it The Lady of the Lake ;D

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

ah! I'm a lay-dee! You're doing "The Little Britain Garden" for Blue Peter

Victoria Lady Fern
hellebore White Lady
Robinia Lace Lady
Painted Lady runner bean

did we have ladies Mantle?

and a google gives you Euphorbia "Naked English Lady Plant" Hoorah!

[Heldi]

Some wildflowers

Wood Anenome - Lady's Nightcap
Primrose - Ladies of the Spring
Greater Stitchwort - Lady's Chemise 
Broom and/or Meadow Vetchling- Lady's Slipper 
Wood Sorrel - Lady's Clover
Birds Foot Trefoil - Lady's Cushions
Bellflower and /or Harebell - Our Lady's Thimbles
Poppy - Butterfly Ladies

and if any of those are any good - Heartsease - Kiss me behind the Garden Hedge  :o ;D  ;D

[betula]

I was wondering,have you got the contract to do the beds round the ladies loos ???