In most languages, apart from English, every object has a gender orientation. A table is 'female'; a window is 'male'. So, if inanimate things can be sexually qualified, why not plants?

If you've ever had problems identifying a plant's gender then here is a list to help you get it right.

• PANSIES - Originally female but has been recognised as male in the last 3 decades.
• PETUNIAS - Also predominantly female but can become male on Saturday night after an all-day pedicure.
• FOXGLOVES - Female.
• NICOTIANA - Cuban male.
• EGG & BACON PLANT - Both male and female varieties exist. The female variety has much wider stems the older it becomes while the male version is quite leggy with a robust round form.
• RUDBECKIA - Female. An abrasive plant that draws attention to itself by smothering others.
• LOBELIA - Male. A phlegmatic plant that suffers from drinking too much and enjoys lying anyway other than their own bed.
• POLYANTHUS - Metrosexual.
• PRIMROSE - Not to be grown near Rudbeckia this female plant can suffer greatly at Rudbeckia's expense.
• POACHED EGG PLANT - Female. After seeing the effect of the Egg & Bacon Plant, the Poached Egg Plant is far less hungry - well, it eats far less anyway.
• BUSY LIZZIE - Female. Companion plant to Rudbeckia.
• FUSCHIA - Definitely male. A procrastinating plant it will postpone anything that it can. Never consider this plant's history or current phase. It is "what's coming up" that appears to be important.
• SALVIA - Male. Every female plant wishes for one of these to come into their life as the proverbial "Knight in Shining Armour"
• IMPATIENS - Definitely female.
• CONEFLOWER - Young male.
• STATICE - This male plant won't settle for mediocrity aiming to stand higher than any tall poppies.
• COCKSCOMB - Urbansexual.
• SNAPDRAGON - Recognised in the feminine form ever since this plant was discovered.