Andrea B. Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 The formal definition for cultivar: a plant variety to which intentional genetic selection has been applied and which is maintained by cultivation. You can read more about cultivars in the Wikipedia article or elsewhere if you Google the term.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultivar Location of your growing flower, per se, does not determine whether it is a cultivar or a wildflower. Many wildflowers are cultivated - i.e. grown, cared for and propagated in a botanical garden or home garden setting by transplanting, cloning or seeding. But cultivated wildflowers have never been selectively propagated to produce new characteristics. Thus they may be legitimately regarded as wildflowers. Indeed, we would be quite lacking in examples here if we did not make use of the wildflowers grown in or transplanted to botanical gardens or to our own home gardens. :D I developed the following labeling for use in my own posts. I add this label in the area where I list date and location of the photograph.WildflowerWildflower in botanical gardenWildflower in home gardenCultivar in botanical gardenCultivar in home gardenCultivar from floristSimpler labels could be used, for example:Natural wildflowerGarden wildflowerCultivarAny similar phrasing or description is perfectly acceptable in your own posts. Link to comment
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