Plant the promise
St. John Neumann Catholic School celebrates Red Ribbon Week by planting tulips
Contributed by St. John Neumann Catholic School
     St. John Neumann Catholic School in Northeast Columbia educated students on the dangers of drug use in "blooming fashion." The Red Ribbon Week theme was "Plant the Promise" and students planted red tulips throughout the day October 26, 2006.
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Factoid
Camellias bloom in the winter
     Camellias are large, attractive, broad-leaved, evergreen shrubs that are highly prized for their flowers, which bloom from winter to spring. There are more than 2,300 named cultivars registered with the American Camellia Society. In South Carolina the primary camellias used include cultivars of Japa
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Name these flowers
     A reader guessed this as a moon flower. That is not correct. Hint: This flower blooms this time of year and the plant puts out a delicious fruit.
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The Original Mystery Plant
Dr. John Nelson
     Just a bit past Halloween...something spooky: it's a brain! I showed this picture to someone who remarked that it might be MY brain...and that, after all, a botanist's brain should be green.That may be true, but I was sort of hoping my brain might be a couple of sizes larger than this thing.
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