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#AdventBotany 2018, Day 8: the hyacinth
I was sitting at my breakfast table this morning thinking ‘what plant should be next for #AdventBotany2018″? The rich smell of the blue hyacinth in front of me was filling the room when I had one of those ‘you idiot’ … Continue reading →
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#AdventBotany 2018, Day 7: Reindeer Games
By Claire Smith We all know what to leave out for Father Christmas – a nice mince pie and a glass of sherry. Or maybe milk, if you don’t want Santa sozzled on his sleigh. But what about Rudolph and the … Continue reading →
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#AdventBotany 2018 Day 6: Christmas Bells
Christmas bells is the name for a colourful South African geophyte (plant with an underground storage organ), Sandersonia aurantiaca, due to the appearance of its bell shaped flowers appearing in December-January. Of course, if you grow this in the UK … Continue reading →
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#AdventBotany 2018, Day 5 – Winterberry
Europeans are familiar with the evergreen holly, Ilex aquifolium, that is used as a midwinter decoration because it is evergreen and shows the promise of new life and growth in the spring. It’s also prized for its red berries. However, … Continue reading →
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#AdventBotany2018, Day 4: The Golden Bough
By John David Not an obvious topic for Advent, but bear with me, the connection will become clear. The Golden Bough is most famously the title of a book written by Sir James Frazer and first published in two volumes … Continue reading →
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#AdventBotany 2018, Day 3: The Pomander – a smorgasbord of Lamiaceae and Rutaceae with a pinch of Sperm Whale Poo
by Fi Young As a child I remember my grandparents giving a pomander as a Christmas gift. Their pomander was made from an orange studded with cloves, and I don’t mean cloves of garlic unless you want to ward off … Continue reading →
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#AdventBotany 2018, Day 2: The homeless drupe – a look at the ‘precocious’ Prunus that US Marines won’t go near
By Meg Cathcart-James What do Alexander the Great, Henry the VIII’s gardener and ancient China have in common? They all enjoyed apricots!
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#AdventBotany 2018, Day 1: Put a Cherry on the Top!
For me, the glace cherry is a staple ingredient of Christmas cooking. I include them in both my Christmas cake and Christmas pudding recipes – both are based on ‘Delia Smith’s Christmas’ although her original version of the pudding recipe … Continue reading →
#AdventBotany Christmas Day: A rose with no thorns; eyes without sight
By Alastair Culham This is the 100th #AdventBotany blog and the fourth for Christmas day. The first Christmas blog featured the Star of Bethlehem, the second, Christmas Cactus, and the third, a tough and Christmas flowering heather. This is the … Continue reading →
#AdventBotany Day 24: Juniperus communis – the most delicious of the Cupressaceae
By Meg Cathcart-James Juniperus communis is the most widespread of the juniper species. Juniperus is within the conifer family Cupressaceae. Whether as a small evergreen tree or a shrub, it is one of the most globally widespread woody plants. J. … Continue reading →
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