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Author Archives: Alastair Culham
About Alastair Culham
A professional botanist and biologist with an interest in promoting biological knowledge and awareness to all.Chelsea Flower Show 2017
The Chelsea Flower Show is without doubt one of the most famous flower shows in the world. This year, I had the chance to work with commercial and amateur gorwers of carnivorous plants to put together an educational stand for … Continue reading →
Plantago moorei Rahn, Holotype at RNG
The herbarium at Reading University has a large collection of plants from Tierra Del Fuego and the Falkland Islands collected by Professor David Moore quite early in his research career. Among these is a tiny plant collected in 1964 and … Continue reading →
Palm trees in British Gardens
With the publication of the RHS Gardening in a Changing Climate report raises questions on what will grow well in future british gardens. Here we launch a survey of which palms are currently grown outside in the UK to get an … Continue reading →
Sideritis juryi Holotype
A photograph of the Holotype of Sideritis juryi held at University of Reading Herbarium is shown below. This species was named in honour of Dr Stephen Jury, curator of RNG for many years and now retired.
Advent Botany 2016 – Day 25: Erica x darleyensis,
It seems only right to devote the Christmas Day blog for Advent Botany to a plant that has brightened my winter garden for many years, Erica x darleyensis. This hybrid heath was first reported from a nursery in Darley Dale, … Continue reading →
Advent Botany 2016 – Day 24: Professor Vernon Heywood
By DrM Dr M introduced to #adventbotany this year, #adventbotanists, botanists whose birthdays fall within advent. The first featured Erasmus Darwin a great botanical mind from a bygone age. Dr M’s second #adventbotanist features Vernon Heywood, born on 24th December … Continue reading →
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Advent Botany – Day 23: Vanilla – nothing plain about this flavour!
By Rachel Webster and Sophie Mogg I’m not one for cream on my Christmas pudding, it just has to be custard or ice cream and so what I’m really admitting to is a love for vanilla. Vanilla is the quietest spice … Continue reading →
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