Introducing! Cocoxochitl Chingonxs: A Dahlia Diva Mix! Seeds now available at www.trueloveseeds.com.
The name was born from a lively naming contest on Instagram. Cocoxochitl (pronounced "coco-so-cheel") is the original Aztec name for the dahlia, and chingonxs ("chin-gōn-EX-es") is a gender neutral term for someone that is very good at something, or freakin' bad-ass, if you will. This first part of the name was suggested by Edgar Xochitl (@ecoxicano), a Chicanx farmer in California focused on queer ecology and decolonizing flowers. Edgar added the gender neutral chingonxs because "anyone regardless of gender can be a diva".
The second part of the name seems self explanatory, and was inspired by a diva-related suggestion by Anthony Amorcito (@anthony_amorcito), a Mestizx Latinx flower-lover of Washington DC. Angela McGiles (@theflyingtangerine), a farmer at the San Antonio Food Bank in the Hill Country of Texas finessed it read "Dahlia Diva Mix". She suggests that as you find new varieties from your packets, you name each one after a diva. That's up to you! We are going to take the suggestion to heart at Truelove Seeds.
