Lots of plants play a role in the drama that is the holiday season , but if there ’s one plant that get the statute title of “ vacation horticultural icon , ” it ’s doubtless the Christmas tree .
This month’sGarden Confidentialis title “ Tannenbaum . ” We have two somewhat skewed tales of the storied tree diagram : the first is a conversation with writer Pamela Price of the blogRed , White & Grew , and the 2nd , an audio essay by Amanda Thomsen , well known forKiss My Aster , her blog atFineGardening.com .
This fourth dimension of year , town squares across the country get decked out with Christmas tree diagram to ring in the holidays . But can a plant to really define a place ? I talk to Price about Ashe juniper ( better know as “ cedar ” ) , which has done just that . bulge out in early winter , male plants of Texas cedar release massive amounts of blue pollen into the air , prompting all manner of supersensitized reactions from mass who did n’t even experience they had allergy . Doctors call these fits “ cedar fever . ” “ It ’s one of the worst pollen for human to hail into contact with , ” terms excuse . “ I interviewed an allergist last year who said allergists in other parts of the country tease her about how prolific the pollen is and how much work she has during the vacation season because of it . ”
But that ’s just one aspect of cedar ’s ill fame . It ’s also a innovator metal money that rapidly colonizes disturbed land , particularly ranchland . The first Europeans in Texas who cleared land for ranching saw its population skyrocket . Today , Central Texas house physician , Price included , have a love / hatred relationship with the cedarwood – some cut it down wherever they find it while some embrace it as a beloved roadside Christmas tree diagram . Listen to the podcast for more on that .
To roll up this episode , blogger Amanda Thomsen reads an audio essay titled “ The Priceless Fir , ” a storey of a garden centre client who wanted very , verybadly to keep his darling Christmas tree .
Music from this podcast includes Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ’s “ Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy ” and “ Umbrella Pants ” by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) .
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One of many infamous cedars (Juniperus ashei) you’ll see decked out as Christmas trees on roadsides in Texas Hill Country. Play this podcast… Photo/Illustration: Pamela Price
