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Berlin: Foraged juniper advent wreath

Posted in Berlin plants, tagged , , , , , , , on 17 December 2012| Leave a Comment »

Juniper branches and berries surrounding four candles

A 10-minute DIY project made with juniper branches and berries, trimmed from overgrown public plantings. I simply set four candles on a pie plate and distributed the greenery in an appealing way. Happy holidays, urban plants!

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Berlin: Mistletoe in a street tree

Posted in Berlin plants, tagged , , , , , on 12 December 2012| 1 Comment »

Urban tree with mistletoe growth

Saw a green sphere of mistletoe in a street tree in Friedrichshain today. The tree next to it was wearing a smaller cluster. Now all passers by who cross paths under these will have to kiss under the mistletoe.

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Chicago: Christmas tree stood up, in November

Posted in From our readers, Plants worldwide, Projects from others, tagged , , , , , on 20 November 2012| 2 Comments »

Crane lifts up large Christmas tree in plaza

Yesterday, artist Matt Maldre published this photo of an enormous Christmas tree jumping the gun, standing to attention over a month before Christmas. He wrote on his Instagram feed:

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Berlin: Houseplant in holiday mode

Posted in Berlin plants, Personal plants, tagged , , , on 11 December 2011| Leave a Comment »

Christmas cactus with red flowers

If you are a person of patience, or need a reminder that time is cyclical, get a Christmas cactus. Like most flowering plants, it blooms but once a year. But how it blooms! In contrast to its usual compact, green, nondescript form, my plant dons so many bodacious red blossoms each December that it literally doubles in size. Thank you to Oma Uschi for giving us this plant four years ago. As you can see from this recent photo, it’s still going strong.

What about you, readers? Any of you have winter-blooming plants in your lives?

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