Ever wondered if you’re pronouncing a plant’s Latin name correctly? When you read about, talk about and research about native plants and drought tolerant plants like I do, you are sure to start depending on the Latin names versus common plant names, because the common names change from place to place and source to source.

Fine Gardening’s Pronunciation Guide to the rescue! Avoid those embarrassing mispronunciations your friends are always teasing you about.  Go to the pronunciation guide website, click on a name and hear it pronounced correctly.