Adelbert von Chamisso

Adelbert von Chamisso

A Romantic Poet Today is the birthday of French-German poet, naturalist, and botanist Adelbert von Chamisso (“Sha-ME-So”). Born into a French Noble family, Chamisso’s family fled to Germany after the French Revolution. Chamisso is remembered for a number of different accomplishments. His creativity was captured in a novella called Peter Schlemihl’s Wonderful History, published in…

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January 30, 2020 Good Garden Decisions, African Violets, George Ehret, Adelbert von Chamisso, Yerba Buena, Louise Beebe Wilder, Asa Gray, Ann Taylor, The Seed Underground by Janisse Ray, Garden Cloche, and Elizabeth Wirt

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Today we celebrate the botanical illustrator who was wrongfully fired from his first job and the French botanist who spent a month in California with a boatful of Russians. We’ll learn about the botanical name of the city where people leave their hearts, and we’ll fall in love with a classic garden writer from Bronxville,…

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The Poet Botanist: Adelbert von Chamisso’s Floral Legacy

Adelbert van Chamiso

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 21,  On this day, my darling garden enthusiasts, we remember the passing of a most fascinating character in our botanical pantheon – the botanist and German poet Adelbert von Chamisso. Picture it,…

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