July 15, 2019 Bolting Cilantro, Inigo Jones, John Wilson, William Robinson, Almira Hart Phelps, Classic Garden Design by Rosemary Verey, Perennial Sweet Pea, and a Greenhouse Story

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Let's start today off by talking briefly about bolting cilantro.

Why does cilantro bolt, and how should you address it?

You can help delay cilantro's bolting by planting it in part shade rather than full sun and keeping the plant cool and moist. Heat is a stressor, and sensing its own mortality, cilantro will bolt quickly in hot weather.

You can also buy a slow-bolting cilantro variety and harvest the leaves more often to keep the stalks under control.

Botanical History On This Day

1573 Inigo Jones, the architect who brought classical Roman and Italian Renaissance ideals to Britain, was born. He also shaped Covent Garden Square, once London’s great produce market, and declared it would contain “the finest barn in Europe.”

1751 John Wilson, a self-taught shoemaker turned baker, died.  Wilson attempted the first systematic arrangement of Britain’s plants in English and famously reminded a rival that “weed” is a term of art, not a fact of nature.

1838 William Robinson, champion of the wild garden and creator of the herbaceous border, was born. He helped liberate English gardens from rigid formality and later made his home at Gravetye Manor in Sussex.

Unearthed Words

Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps was born on this day in 1793.
The author of Familiar Lectures on Botany urged readers to notice everyday wonders, reminding us that each opening bud is a page where we may read something larger than ourselves.

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Today's Botanic Spark

A turning point in the life of William Robinson came after a disastrous greenhouse failure sent him walking overnight to Dublin.

There, Dr. David Moore put him in charge of herbaceous plants—a fateful assignment that shaped Robinson’s lifelong devotion to hardy perennials and his disdain for greenhouses at Gravetye Manor.

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