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Tag Archives: #AdventBotany
2014 Advent Botany – Day 21 – Dates (Phoenix dactylifera)
What would Christmas be without dried dates? My personal Christmas favourite is to remove the date seeds and fill the void with a piece of marzipan (almond paste). However there are many more ways to enjoy dates and a remarkable … Continue reading →
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2014 Advent Botany – Day 20 – Christmas Box (Sarcococca confusa)
Day 20 – Christmas Box – No, not getting ahead of ourselves here with Christmas boxes of the cash kind, traditionally given to tradesmen on Boxing Day (as a thank you for their year’s service) nor even presents in gift-wrapped boxes … Continue reading →
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2014 Advent Botany – Day 19 – Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)
The parsnip is a classic Christmas lunch vegetable, usually eaten roasted but sometimes boiled or steamed. The edible part is the taproot, and this contains high quantities of dietary fibre (which has given the vegetable an unfortunate reputation for causing … Continue reading →
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2014 Advent Botany – Day 18 – Amaryllis (Hippeastrum spp.)
By Dawn Bazely Amaryllis (Hippeastrum spp.). Today’s entry owes thanks to Professor Dawn Bazely (York University, Toronto, Canada) who suggested the idea (Dawn was last seen on #AdventBotany Day 9 Dogwood). This strikingly large and often very colourful flower is … Continue reading →
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2014 Advent Botany – Day 17 – Raisins, Currants & Sultanas
Clearly the most key link between preserved dried grapes and Christmas is their use in Christmas cake, Christmas Pudding and sweet mincemeat for mince pies. These are all based heavily on dried grapes but with additional flavourings of spices, citrus … Continue reading →
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2014 Advent Botany – Day 16 – Chocolate (Theobroma cacao)
Surely, no series of Advent Botany would, could or should be complete without the divine chocolate! Linnaeus named the cocoa tree Theobroma cacao which literally means “Food of the Gods” reflecting the truly reverential status in which the tree is … Continue reading →
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2014 Advent Botany – Day 15 – the Christmas tree
There is much debate and disagreement about the origin of Christmas trees and they have variously been linked to oak branches used in mystery plays and even the Yule log, however the earliest records of the Christmas tree in the … Continue reading →
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Tagged #AdventBotany, Abies, Advent, Araucaria, Christmas tree, Pice, Pinus, Pseudotsuga
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2014 AdventBotany – day 14 – String
By @DrMGoesWild #AdventBotany Day 14 – Yesterday we wrapped our Advent Botany Christmas parcels in botanical paper, today we tie them up with string! Modern Christmas string is most likely made from nylon, rayon, polyester or other synthetics. But how … Continue reading →
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2014 Advent Botany – Day 11 – Christmas rose (Helleborus niger)
#AdventBotany Day 11 brings the Christmas rose (Helleborus niger). This handsome herbaceous perennial is native to the Balkans but widely planted in gardens in Britain for its large white flowers in mid-winter. In fact it can already be seen flowering … Continue reading →
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2014 Advent Botany – Day 9 – Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus sericea)
Dawn Bazely tells us that in North America the Red-osier dogwood (Cornus sericea) plays a major role in Christmas decorations. It’s not surprising that the red stems of this native North American shrub are a staple element of seasonal decorations … Continue reading →
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