The Naming Of Plants: Does This Look Like Inferno To You?

Sheri,

Are you referring to the "firebush" in a succulent? or some other plant?  I have one in a succulent, and love it.  A

Roy Kelley interesting observation, which opens up a whole interesting subject, as to who is the final authority on names. A

Michael Jacobs as a child and later reading bits of Dante's Inferno, hell was not a lovely place, contrary to the beauty of this coleus...We come back to perspective and impressions from the past.  A

Joe Pryor the color definitely was the decision factor, and I would look good with our other coleus in the pot.  A

Chris Ann Cleland love your observation, it just goes to illustrate different attention to details and perspectives. A

Sheila Anderson I agree with you, and it goes to show why I wrote this post.  Thank you for that comment. A

Myrl Jeffcoat you make an excellent point.  I may have to find infernos to visit, I just have images from Childhood and having read in college bits of Dante's Inferno.  A

Gabe Sanders it will reside in a pot with other coleus that have a hint of that rusty color too.  It has been too cold and quite windy to attempt to plant it.  We have not used the barbecue because of the winds that are clocked at 10mph...A

Nina Hollander I like that you detected a"whiff" in the name...my idea of hell is being on a cruise ship with the captain morning greeting, "Good morning, Celebrities!".  We could not turn the damn thing off.  LOL A