If you’re looking for a holiday related diversion, here’s a linkfest of my posts from last year on the Twelve Days of Christmas plants. Understand the plant science behind the traditions. Use these random facts to quickly change the subject when nosy but well meaning friends and family ask you uncomfortable questions.
The Twelve Days of Christmas Plants
2. Chestnuts
3. Poinsettias
4. Holly
5. Peppermint
6. Mistletoe
7. Grapes
9. Sugarcane
10. Oranges
11. Pomegranates
12. Boswellia sacra and Commiphora myrrha
If you’re craving even more holiday nerdery or you’ve already used my random facts as diversion tactics last year, check out The 2014 Chemistry Advent Calendar over at the Compound Interest blog. Or check out these Yuletide plants gone global you’ve probably never heard of from the John Innes SVC blog.
Johnna
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