Listen "Holly"
Episode Synopsis
I’m returning to my tradition of wintry and holiday-themed plants for December. You can call it a tradition once you’ve done it two years in a row, right? First up is Holly, which I’ve always considered a bush, but apparently it’s a tree? Maybe it’s just a matter of perspective.
Music by James Milor from Pixabay
Information provided by:
https://www.cloudforests.ie/blog/the-holly-tree
Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs (2nd ed.) by Scott Cunningham (1985)
Garden Witch’s Herbal by Ellen Dugan (2009)
https://treesforlife.org.uk/into-the-forest/trees-plants-animals/trees/holly/holly-mythology-and-folklore/
https://www.moonfallmetaphysical.com/s/stories/holly-uses-in-witchcraft
https://www.thespruce.com/eighteen-species-holly-trees-and-shrubs-3269647
https://thepresenttree.com/blogs/tree-meanings/holly-tree-meaning
Trees of the Carolinas Field Guide by Stan Tekiela (2007)
Music by James Milor from Pixabay
Information provided by:
https://www.cloudforests.ie/blog/the-holly-tree
Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs (2nd ed.) by Scott Cunningham (1985)
Garden Witch’s Herbal by Ellen Dugan (2009)
https://treesforlife.org.uk/into-the-forest/trees-plants-animals/trees/holly/holly-mythology-and-folklore/
https://www.moonfallmetaphysical.com/s/stories/holly-uses-in-witchcraft
https://www.thespruce.com/eighteen-species-holly-trees-and-shrubs-3269647
https://thepresenttree.com/blogs/tree-meanings/holly-tree-meaning
Trees of the Carolinas Field Guide by Stan Tekiela (2007)
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