# \[GAME\] a **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 23, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267 "2014-08-23T02:58:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 58
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1143 "2014-10-22T04:17:14Z")
Daisy, not just a poem by HAL. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1144 "2014-10-22T12:07:52Z")
**E** aster Lilies are wonderfully fragrant, but can be overwhelming in a florist shop. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1145 "2014-10-22T14:00:33Z")
Forsythia, yellow bushes whose budding in Springtime predicts my allergies are about to manifest ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1146 "2014-10-22T16:47:05Z")
[Golden poppy,](http://realhomegarden.com/california-flower-golden-poppy.html/california-flower-golden-poppy-rjaudzzr) state flower of California. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1147 "2014-10-22T17:31:27Z")
**H** orehound - good candy, bad plant name. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1148 "2014-10-22T17:46:33Z")
**I** ndigo, a herbaceous perennial plant ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1149 "2014-10-22T17:54:02Z")
**J** onquil - a species of daffodil. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1150 "2014-10-22T19:01:34Z")
**K** alanchoe - I used to grow them indoors. Deep golden yellow is my favorite color. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1151 "2014-10-22T19:43:55Z")
**L** ilac - from the olive family. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1152 "2014-10-22T20:36:48Z")
Marigolds are nice. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1153 "2014-10-23T02:41:56Z")
**N** asturtiums are nice too, though you’d expect with a name like that, they’d smell like nasty turds. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1154 "2014-10-23T03:34:13Z")
**O** leanders, another Southern memory from my childhood in Galveston ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1155 "2014-10-23T15:17:07Z")
Peonies can be quite lush: [http://www.rehs.com/catalogimages/allan\_banks\_ab1007\_peonies.jpg](http://www.rehs.com/catalogimages/allan_banks_ab1007_peonies.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1156 "2014-10-23T18:19:38Z")
Quercus coccinea: secret identity of the Scarlet Oak ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1157 "2014-10-23T18:54:37Z")
**R** oses are red…except when they’re pink, white, yellow, orange, lavender, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1158 "2014-10-24T15:28:02Z")
Spanish oyster is a flower, not a shellfish, believe it or not! ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1159 "2014-10-24T17:57:07Z")
**T** rumpet vines, which look gorgeous on an archway and **T** ulips. I can’t decide so I’m picking both. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1160 "2014-10-24T18:07:00Z")
**U** rospermum Dalechampii, the Smooth Golden Fleece ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1161 "2014-10-24T18:08:21Z")
Verbena has long been a favorite of my wife’s. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1162 "2014-10-25T00:25:32Z")
[Wisteria](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisteria). They can’t decide how to spell it or who it’s named after. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267.md?page=57) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267.md?page=59)