Posts Tagged ‘Hepatica’
The Toad Tenant: Sauriol’s Unlikely Garden Companion
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 25, 1938 On this day, dear garden friends, while many of us were fretting about the proper placement of our prized roses or the disappointing germination of our winter seeds, Canadian Naturalist…
Read MoreCelebrating Spring in a Wildflower Garden: A 1938 Diary Entry from a Canadian Naturalist
“Cautious little down covered stems and buds that will later become Hepaticas…” April 4, 1938 On this day, Canadian Naturalist Charles Joseph Sauriol wrote in his diary: For a few minutes this morning I fumbled around my Wild Flower garden… Little points which will soon be Bloodroots. Cautious little down covered stems and buds that…
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