November 15, 2019 Bob Randall’s Houston Garden Guide, 50 Top Plants, Fall Berries, Australia’s First Grapes, Marianne Moore, Georgia O’Keeffe, The Surprising Life of Constance Spry by Sue Shephard, Punch Bowls and the State Flower of Florida

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Bob Randall's gardening book explains how to cope with Houston's hotter temperatures.

Dr. Bob has a new book for Houston gardeners - and great tips for dealing with warmer temps.

Episode 50: Top 50 Plants - FineGardening @FineGardening

Zoo-Wee Mama! I LOVE looking through favorite plant lists! Here's a great list from Danielle & Steve with 50 Top Plants in Episode 50 of the Let's Argue About Plants Podcast. Get out your notebooks...

Ornamental Fall Berries Provide Year-Round Awe

Here are some excellent plant picks from @uie_hort that offer year-round interest. Not only do these plants offer beautiful flower displays & pretty foliage, but they also have a remarkable presentation of fruits called drupes:
‘Brandywine’ possumhaw viburnum (Viburnum nudum), Beautyberry (Callicarpa Americana), and White fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus).

Botanical History On This Day

1791 Australia’s first thriving grapevine was successfully established at Parramatta after early failures at Farm Cove, marking the true beginning of the Australian wine industry.

1885 Marianne Moore, poet, Dodgers fan, and founder of the Friends of Prospect Park, who helped save the beloved Camperdown Elm, was born.

1887 Georgia O’Keeffe, the iconic American painter famed for her bold skulls and magnified flowers—and for painting Hawai‘i’s tropical imports rather than its natives—was born.

1929 Constance Spry’s first hedgerow-filled shop window shocked London and launched the career of the revolutionary floral designer who would later style the Queen’s coronation flowers.

Unearthed Words

Henri Frédéric Amiel’s autumn garden meditation — a reflective walk through gray skies, falling leaves, and the way every landscape mirrors the soul.

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Today's Botanic Spark

1909 The designation of the orange blossom as Florida’s state flower inspired William Livingston Larned’s dreamy verses about the scent of groves and meadows beneath calm skies.

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