December 11, 2019 Chinese Witch Hazel, Oca & Mashua Tubers, College Glen, Martin Sesse, Jacob Schneck, Victor Lemoine, Fiorello LaGuardia, Countertop Gardens by Shelley Levis, Galison Butterfly Puzzle, and the Shasta Snow-Wreath
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Chinese Witch Hazel Plant story - Hamamelis mollis - The English Garden @theenglishgarden.co.uk
Here's the story behind the beautiful Chinese witch hazel - Hamamelis mollis. The English Plant Hunter Charles Maries found it in China in 1878 & brought it home to London, where it sat unnoticed for 20 years. From @theenglishgarden.co.uk
In pictures: Tubers of the future | Kew @KewGardens
Garden Design and Landscaping "College Glen" | Decorum.London @LondonDecorum @cedstonegroup
Here's a fantastic post by landscape design co @LondonDecorum Gorgeous "College Glen" w/ Sandstone Paving @cedstonegroup, timber, Siberian Larch deck, & Lavender plantings. I love it all - pics, project & plant list - so thoughtful!
Botanical History On This Day
1751 Martín Sessé, the Spanish botanist who led a grand expedition across New Spain and helped found the Royal Botanical Garden of Mexico City, was born.
1843 Jacob Schneck, Indiana physician, naturalist, and beloved small-town botanist, honored with the Schneck Oak, Quercus schneckii, was born.
1911 Victor Lemoine, the French breeder whose doubles and hardy hybrids transformed lilacs, peonies, geraniums, and more into the heirloom darlings of northern gardens, died.
1882 Fiorello “Little Flower” LaGuardia, New York City’s indomitable mayor whose nickname (and fierce sense of justice) made him an honorary blossom in civic history, was born in Greenwich Village.
Unearthed Words
Winter Reflections from Albert Camus & Ruth Stout, reminding us that even in the deepest cold, there is an invincible summer and a precious privacy to the season.
Grow That Garden Library™
Read The Daily Gardener review of Countertop Gardens by Shelley Levis
Buy the book on Amazon: Countertop Gardens by Shelley Levis
Great Gifts for Gardeners
Galison “Butterfly Migration” 1,000-Piece Puzzle by Wendy Gold
Today's Botanic Spark
The Shasta Snow Wreath, one of California’s rarest shrubs, caused a botanical stir in 1992 when drought revealed its limestone ledges near Lake Shasta, and botanists finally recognized its delicate white “snowball” blooms as a new species.
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