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.