How to have a ‘Star Trek’ garden
By Judy Lowe | 05.12.09
A copy of a Chicago Tribune article showed up in my e-mail inbox over the weekend. The title: “Glen Ellyn couple has a sci-fi flower bed.” It turns out that Lindalee Stuckey has a “Star Trek” garden filled with plants whose names evoke the TV series/movies. (And, since it contains both hostas and daylilies, it’s ideal for shady and sunny spots.)
With the latest “Star Trek” movie making news, it was an interesting story. The centerpiece of the SF garden, wrote Steve Schmadeke, included a 25-foot, arrowhead-shaped Starfleet insignia built by Ms. Stuckey’s husband two years ago.
That would be worth seeing, I thought. Of course, daylilies aren’t blooming in Illinois yet and hostas probably don’t look their best yet, so the article includes no photos. Disappointing.
But I found a more inclusive article at Dave’s Garden. It showed a picture of the insignia. And some of the namesake “Star Trek” daylilies as well as three of the hostas.
You can also see images online of some of the plants available for making your own out-of-this-world garden. (Just click on the name of the cultivar to go to the photo.)
Daylilies:
Borg Technology
Cardassian Borders
First Officer’s Log
Gort
Neelix
Photon Torpedo
Romulan Defector
Spock’s Ears
Vulcan Logic
Zugunruhe
Hostas:
Captain Kirk
Enterprise
Starship
I saw Celosia ‘Star Trek Rose Pink Adobe’ last summer. It’s a nice annual for sun. (To see what it looks like, click here and then go down the list on the left side to click on a photo, for a better view.)
Does anyone know of other plants named after objects and people in “Star Trek” that aren’t listed here or in the two articles about Ms. Stuckey’s garden? Do let us know so we can include them.
Have you ever planted a theme garden? How did it work out?
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2. Susan Weinger | 05.12.09
this is so funny. I loved the movie, and it seems like there weren’t many crops growing on the enterprise. There is a neat company who is doing a theme on taking seeds “where they have never gone before…” Check it out - http://www.ediblegardens.com
thanks for some fun gardening ideas - my kids are going to love this!
3. Carolyn Hopper | 05.12.09
Yes! I planted a theme garden in Annapolis, Md while I lived in and operated a bed and breakfast in the historical district. My theme garden began with the love of the medieval tapestries at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City and at the Cloisters on the Hudson River. The climate in Annapolis was perfect for my plan. I loved learning about the religious names for the flowers I grew and added to the beds every year of the 4 years I lived there. Some of the flowers in my brick walled garden scented with a sweet bay tree were: Viola Tricolor/Pansy/”Our Lady’s Delight,Viola odorata/Sweet Violet/”Our Lady’s Modesty, Santolina Chamaecypar/Lavender-Cotton/”Holy Plant,Convallaria majalis/Lily-of Valley/”Our Lady’s Tears, Digitalis purpurea/Foxglove/”Virgin’s Glove, Helleborus orientalis/Lenten Rose/”Lenten Rose, Dictamnus albus/Gas Plant/”Burning Bush.”
The garden was a refuge for me where I could sit in the shade and relax after taking care of guests and a refuge for guests after a busy day sightseeing. I miss it, but am researching a Lewis and Clark theme here.
4. crackingAngry | 05.12.09
this puts the Stuuu in Stuuuupid, lol
as Kirk himself so famously said: Get a Life!
5. Jim/ArtofGardening.org | 05.13.09
I’ve got a theme garden. It’s actually my daughter’s garden. A Harry Potter Garden. We collect odd-looking plants in the spring and then name them after plants found in teh Harry Potter books. You can read more about it at:
http://artofgardeningbuffalo.blogspot.com/2008/12/harry-potter-garden.html
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1. Kim | 05.12.09
I absolutely plan to include Phlox in my garden. Partly because it’s local, partly for Dr. Phlox on Star Trek: Enterprise.