Posts Tagged ‘Michel Adanson’
April 7, 2022 Michel Adanson, Francis Cabot Lowell, David Fairchild, Steven Vogel, The Fine Art of Paper Flowers by Tiffanie Turner, and Dame Helen Mirren
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Botanical History On This Day 1727 On this day, the birth of Michel Adanson, the French botanist and naturalist who pioneered the first natural classification system for…
Read MoreBaobabs and mutations: Michel Adanson’s botanical legacy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 7, 1727 Dearest reader, On this day, we celebrate the birth of Michel Adanson, a luminary of 18th-century botany whose pioneering spirit challenged the very foundations of plant classification. While we often…
Read MoreMichel Adanson: The Botanist Behind Baobabs and Plant Mutation
The Methodology of Flowering Plants April 7, 1727 Today is the birthday of the 18th-century Scottish-French botanist and naturalist Michel Adanson. Michel created the first natural classification of flowering plants. In fact, the great botanist Jussieu (“Juice You”) adopted Michel’s methodology to create his masterpiece called Genera Plantarum (1789). Although today we think mainly of Darwin and…
Read MoreApril 7, 2021 Styling a Botanical Bookshelf, Michel Adanson, David Fairchild, William Wordsworth, Heal Thyself by Benjamin Woolley, and the Power of a Sunny Spring Day
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Curated News The Plant Lover’s Guide to Styling a Bookshelf | Apartment Therapy | Anna Kocharian Botanical History On This Day 1727 The groundbreaking 18th-century French botanist and…
Read MoreMichel Adanson, Baobabs, and the Roots of Botanical Classification
Mind Behind Mutation Today is the anniversary of the death of the 18th-century Scottish-French botanist and naturalist Michel Adanson. Michel created the first natural classification of flowering plants. In fact, Jussieu (“Juice You”) adopted Michel’s methodology to create his masterpiece that defined plant groups called Genera Plantarum (1789). Although today we think mainly of Darwin…
Read MoreAugust 3, 2020 Dahlias 101 by The Empress of Dirt, Joseph Paxton, Michel Adanson, Louise du Pont Crowninshield, Alwyn Howard Gentry, Katharine Stuart, Watermelon Poetry, From Garden to Grill by Elizabeth Orsini and Gallant Soldiers
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Curated News 7 Best Tips for Growing Dahlias | Melissa J. Will Here’s an excerpt: Melissa gathered these tips for growing dahlias from numerous sources including books,…
Read MoreClaude Aubriet: The King’s Botanical Painter and Namesake of Aubrieta
Painter To The King Today is the anniversary of the death of the French botanical painter for King Louis the XIV and XV, Claude Aubriet, who died on this day in 1742. When Aubriet was appointed “Painter to the King” after the death of his master Jean Joubert in 1707, he technically didn’t have the…
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