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    Gold, frankincense and myrrh

    Jan 04, 2022 3 minutes

    IT was the distinguished plantsman, the late E.A. Bowles, who first discovered religious significance in the flowers of the witch hazel, or Hamamelis. He named it the Epiphany flower, as its spidery scented blossom is always open by 6 January – the date fixed by the church to celebrate this Christian festival.

    Epiphany marks the time at which the Magi, the wise men from the east, came bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to the

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