January 8, 2020 Dogwood Days, 5 Flower Trends for 2020, Coffee House Ban, Alfred Wallace, Jac P. Thijsse, Harold Hillier, January One-Liners, Houseplants by Lisa Steinkopf, Coloring Fibonacci, and Walter Tennyson Swingle
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Great post from @thedanpearson about Dogwood & this helpful tip:
“Cornus takes easily from hardwood cuttings. Save prunings and plunge a few pencil-thick lengths into the ground by your mother plant. They will be rooted and ready to lift within a year.”
Top 5 flower trends for 2020, according to Serenata Flowers
From @HouseBeautiful, we can expect to see more warm palettes and soft neutrals in bouquets. One particular shade, known as 'neo-mint,' is described as an 'oxygenating, fresh tone,' and expected to be seen much more throughout 2020.
Botanical History On This Day
1676 King Charles II Revokes His Coffee House Ban, ending a short-lived decree that attempted to silence England’s bustling, gossip-laden brew houses.
1823 Alfred Russel Wallace, the brilliant naturalist and Darwin’s independent foil in the race toward natural selection, was born on this day.
1945 Jac P. Thijsse, Dutch botanist and champion of nature preservation whose biscuit-card flora albums became national treasures, died.
1985 Sir Harold Hillier, plantsman and savior of rare trees whose arboretum now boasts more Champion Trees than Kew, passed away.
Unearthed Words
A delightful bouquet of unforgettable January lines from poets who understood winter’s chill and genius. Check out the poems for January 8th.
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Coloring Fibonacci in Nature by Art Therapy Lab
Today's Botanic Spark
1892 Walter Tennyson Swingle, citrus hybridizer and botanical globetrotter who introduced the Date Palm to America, was born.
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