Decking the Halls: Christmas Plants and Root Vegetables cover art

Decking the Halls: Christmas Plants and Root Vegetables

Decking the Halls: Christmas Plants and Root Vegetables

Listen for free

View show details

About this listen

Send us a text

Dee and Carol talked about plants for Christmas, growing root vegetables, two books on Christmas plants, and more!

For more information, check out our newsletter.

To watch this episode on YouTube, click here.

Flowers mentioned:

  • Amaryllis
  • Christmas Cactus
  • Rosemary
  • Poinsettia
  • Paperwhites

Carol’s article about Christmas Plants in Family Handyman is still out there!

Dee has a post on how to grow amaryllis and paperwhites indoors.

Vegetables:

Getting to the root of things. Root vegetables:

Vegetables discussed included:

  • Sweet Potatoes
  • Parsnips
  • Potatoes
  • Turnips
  • Carrots

On the Bookshelf:

Decking the Halls: The Folklore and Traditions of Christmas Plants by Linda Allen (2000)

and

Decking the Halls: Trees, Flowers, Herbs & Greenery to Celebrate the Holiday Season by Janet Melrose and Sheryl Normandeau (2025)

Dirt:

Disney’s Record Breaking Tomato Tree

Rabbit Holes:

Dee: King and Conquerer on Amazon Prime.

Carol: Lost Ladies of Garden Writing who wrote Christmas-themed books

Check out our affiliate links here.

We appreciate all our listeners and readers, and love it when you send us suggestions. Do you have a suggestion for a topic we should discuss or for our We Do Not Care segment? If so, send it our way!

Have a great week, everyone!

Support the show

On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists.
On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club.
On YouTube.

No reviews yet
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.