Tag Archives: hybridisation

Plant of the Month: August

Posted on 14/08/2015 by carolinemmurray

This month’s plant is the dahlia: they are everywhere at the moment, in their incredible variety, and I know almost nothing about them. I’m not even sure I like them all that much – their colours, and especially the complex … Continue reading →

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Mr Fairchild’s Mule

Posted on 28/05/2015 by carolinemmurray

In a previous life/blogspot, I mentioned in passing the horticulturalist Thomas Fairchild (1667–1729), who left £25 for the endowment of an annual Whitsuntide sermon on either the ‘Wonderful Works of God in the Creation, or on the Certainty of the … Continue reading →

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