By Laura Jennings Violets are not one of the first festive plants that comes to mind! In my experience they are one of the first plants to flower in the…Read More >
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#AdventBotany 2021 – Day 10 – And there was a low star in the West
By Alastair Culham Today’s blog starts with a misquote of Matthew 2:9 and then wanders away from botany and on to mycology. Yesterday I was sent a photo of some…Read More >
#AdventBotany 2021 – Day 9 – Christmas moss
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 >
#AdventBotany – 2021 – Day 3 – Rosa ‘Paul Noël’
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 >
#AdventBotany – 2021 – Day 2 – Ipomoea tricolor
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 >
#AdventBotany – 2021 – Day 1 – Plumbago auriculata, the cape leadwort
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 >
