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#AdventBotany 2021 – Day 9 – Christmas moss

Written by
Alastair Culham
Posted on
9 December 20219 December 2021

By Alastair Culham We’ve already had some excellent moss blogs in past #AdventBotany years but there are still new species available. Today we have a moss from Australia through southeast…Read More >

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#AdventBotany – 2021 – Day 3 – Rosa ‘Paul Noël’

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Alastair Culham
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3 December 20213 December 2021

By Alastair Culham The third plant mentioned in our mystery Christmas entitled book is the rose.  I’ve chosen ‘Paul Noël’ as the most appropriately named cultivar for an Advent blog…Read More >

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#AdventBotany – 2021 – Day 2 – Ipomoea tricolor

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Alastair Culham
Posted on
2 December 20213 December 2021

By Alastair Culham I’m using my botanical knowledge to interpret ‘blue convolvulus’ as morning glory (Ipomoea tricolour Cav.).  The second plant mentioned in this Christmas book is described as ‘clinging’,…Read More >

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#AdventBotany – 2021 – Day 1 – Plumbago auriculata, the cape leadwort

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Alastair Culham
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1 December 20213 December 2021

By Alastair Culham Previous #AdventBotany blogs have been a fairly passive read but this year I’m throwing you a challenge.  Some of the blogs will feature a plant mentioned in…Read More >

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#AdventBotany2020 – Day 1 Ivy, Hedera helix L.

Written by
Alastair Culham
Posted on
30 November 202012 December 2020

Alastair Culham & Dawn Bazely The first ever post for #Adventbotany was short entry on Ivy by Alastair Culham. 1st day of #AdventBotany – Hedera helix – highly variable evergreen…Read More >

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#AdventBotany 2019 Day 17: The festive bean

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Alastair Culham
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17 December 201917 December 2019

By Manuel Santos Gutiérrez and Tomos Jones Today we’re heading to España (Spain), not strictly for Christmas but rather for día de Reyes, meaning ‘Kings’ Day’, i.e. Epiphany. According to…Read More >

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#AdventBotany 2019 Day 16: scent of a Mahonia?

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Alastair Culham
Posted on
16 December 201917 December 2019

By Alastair Culham Whenever I think I’m running out of Christmas plants I can be sure that something will intercede to remind me of just how many plants are linked…Read More >

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#AdventBotany 2019 Day 15: Merry Christmoss

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Alastair Culham
Posted on
15 December 201917 December 2019

By Charlie Campbell During the darkest months of the year, it is a tradition in many cultures to bring evergreen plants inside to remind us of the coming of spring….Read More >

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#AdventBotany 2019 Day 14: nativitatis

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Alastair Culham
Posted on
14 December 201917 December 2019

By Alastair Culham Of the approximately 400000 recognised plant species in the world only a handful have a name linked to Christmas.  Today we visit the species whose epithet is…Read More >

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#AdventBotany 2019 Day 13: Snow White and Rose Red

Written by
Alastair Culham
Posted on
13 December 201915 December 2019

By Amie Bolissian-McRae The rosewater used in our sweet festive snow was typically made from Rosa gallica L. or Rosa damascena Mill. (the Damask rose). Rosewater is something that, today,…Read More >

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