Antoine Laurent de Jussieu

Antoine Laurent de Jussieu

The Palace Gardener Today is the anniversary of the death of Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, who died on this day in 1836. He was a French botanist who developed the first natural classification of flowering plants. Today, there’s a metro station near the botanical garden in Paris that is named in honor of the Jussieu…

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September 17, 2019 Planting Iris like Mom with Rebecca Stoner Kirts, Olaus Rudbeck, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, Peter Barr, The Milkweed Poem, Hot Color Dry Garden by Nan Sterman, Pumpkin Care, and the Story of a Grass Reader

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Listener Rebecca Stoner Kirts recently shared a photo in the Facebook Group of her transplanted iris along with an enchanting caption. She wrote: Mom’s 50 year iris rescued and replanted. Mom always told me, “they like their own space and plant them like ducks floating on a pond.” There you go mom.   Rebecca’s mom’s…

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