Posts Tagged ‘Paul George Russell’
April 24, 2023 Jakob Böhme, Robert Bailey Thomas, Paul George Russell, Charles Sprague Sargent, Purple Mustard, Pansies, Kurume Azaleas, Tiny and Wild by Graham Laird Gardner, and Solar System Garden
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 1575 Birth of Jakob Böhme, German original thinker. 1766 Robert Bailey Thomas, founder, editor, and publisher of The Old Farmer’s Almanac, is…
Read MoreBlooming Brilliance: How Paul George Russell Helped to Transform Washington’s Spring
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 24, 1889 On this day, the botanical world welcomed a new blossom in the form of Paul George Russell, an American botanist whose life would become as intricately woven into the fabric…
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The Cherry Tree Expert April 24, 1889 Today is the birthday of the botanist Paul George Russell who was born in Liverpool, New York. Paul’s family moved to DC in 1902, and this became Paul’s lifelong home. Paul received his advanced degrees from George Washington University. Paul got his first job at the National Herbarium;…
Read MoreApril 24, 2019 Chives, Botany Day, Tomitaro Makino, Lucien Plantefol, Vancouver’s Botanist Restaurant, Paul George Russell, Henry Van Dyke, Charles Sprague Sargent , Stephanne Barry Sutton, Window Cleaning, and a Story from John Muir
I recently had a gardener ask me about the first herb I’d ever grown. That would be chives. Chives, like many herbs, are so easy to grow. Plus, you get the cute little puffball blossom. I had a chef friend show me how she liked to cut off the flower. Then, she snipped a little…
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