Last year we ran our first #AdventBotany challenge – @DrMGoesWild and @botanyRNG writing an account each day (with some help from @DawnBazeley and others) through advent of plants associated with Christmas. This year, with help from many more colleagues on Twitter we are about to launch an entirely new 25 plants of advent. Here is a reprise of last year’s calendar. All new species for 2015!
The 2014 blogs are indexed here:
Day 5 – Frankincense (Boswellia sacra)
Day 6 – Myrrh (Commiphora myrrah)
Day 7 – Almonds (Prunus dulcis)
Day 8 – Cranberry (Vaccinium spp.)
Day 9 – Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus sericea)
Day 11 – Christmas rose (Helleborus niger)
Day 12 – Ginger (Zingiber officinale)
Day 16 – Chocolate (Theobroma cacao)
Day 17 – Raisins, Currants & Sultanas
Day 18 – Amaryllis (Hippeastrum spp.)
Day 19 – Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)
Day 20 – Christmas Box (Sarcococca confusa)
Day 21 – Dates (Phoenix dactylifera)
Day 22 – A Partridge in a Pear tree
Day 23 – Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)
Day 24 – The Brussels Sprout (Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera)
Christmas Day – The Star of Bethlehem from GOD
Now see what #AdventBotany 2015 has to offer!