November 11, 2019 Kashmir Paradise, Orchids with Alys Fowler, Perennial Garden Care, Jean-Baptiste Van Mons, Chrysanthemums, the Leonids, Carl Peter Thunberg, Beverley Nichols, Gardening for Butterflies by The Xerces Society, Staking Trees, and Elizabeth Coleman White
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Gardens, Paradise, & Kashmir | Searchkashmir.org | @SearchKashmir
It's no surprise that the word 'paradise' was first used to describe a garden.
This Farsi poem about Kashmir by Amir Khusrau does the same:
If ever there is Paradise on Earth,
It is here! It is here! It is here!
How to grow orchids by Alys Fowler | @guardian @guardianweekend
This is an excellent post about orchids, and I always love to hear how people approach caring for their orchids. Alys says:
"An east-facing window... plus consistent watering (every week in the growing season, every other during winter) & Lou’s Poo, dried alpaca poo."
Every gardener reading this now will search online for Lou's Poo... but just a heads-up: they don't deliver to the US.
Vermont Garden Journal: Some New Ideas For Perennial Garden Care | @charlienardozzi @vprnet
I couldn't agree more! Love this post from @charlienardozzi @vprnet
The first thing I tell my student gardeners is that plant material doesn't leave the property. The second thing I teach them is Chop & Drop. https://buff.ly/32aL8TI
Botanical History On This Day
1765 Jean-Baptiste Van Mons, the patient pear breeder whose relentless “to sow, to re-sow, to sow again” program gave us classics like ‘Bosc’ and ‘D’Anjou,’ was born.
1790 Chrysanthemums arrive in England, beginning the Western love affair with the November birth flower that now symbolizes everything from autumn joy to Mother’s Day and city pride in Chicago.
1799 The Leonids meteor storm was recorded by Alexander von Humboldt in South America and Andrew Ellicott Douglass off the Florida Keys, as the heavens flared like sky rockets above future botanical explorers.
1828 Carl Peter Thunberg, the “father of South African botany,” lone European visitor to Japan, and discoverer of Easter lilies, forsythia, and five new hydrangeas for the West, died after a lifetime of plant-hunting for his mentor, Linnaeus.
Unearthed Words
Beverley Nichols on why November gardens must not be ignored — a gentle scolding from a garden that knows how “gay and delightful” it can be, even in the frozen heart of winter.
Grow That Garden Library™
Read The Daily Gardener review of Gardening for Butterflies by The Xerces Society
Buy the book on Amazon: Gardening for Butterflies
Today's Botanic Spark
1954 Elizabeth Coleman White, the Queen of Blueberries — the New Jersey cranberry grower’s daughter who dreamed of a field of big, sweet blueberries, partnered with USDA botanist Frederick Coville, and transformed “wasteland” pine barrens into fruitful blueberry country.
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