Azaleas Archives

Blooms Across the Pacific: Ernest H. Wilson’s Azalea Diplomacy

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 24, 1919 On this day, dear garden enthusiasts, a horticultural treasure trove arrived at the hallowed grounds of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Ernest H. Wilson, that intrepid plant explorer and…

Daphne du Maurier: Mysteries and Gardens in Literary Blooms

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 13, 1907 On this day, we celebrate the birth of the bewitching English author and playwright Daphne du Maurier (“Mor-ee-aya”), a lady of London lineage and a middle daughter in a celebrated…

Henry Arthur Bright’s Observations on Lilac-Tide

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 4, 1879 Dearest readers, Let us journey back through time to a May long ago, when Henry Arthur Bright took pen to page on this day in his beloved A Year in…