Concealed within the tangled limbs of the now-dead common juniper (Juniperus communis) is an age more venerable than any shrub on record. It shriveled and died in 1906 CE – but it started its ring ...

Edmond had probed and found the part of the flower that produces pollen, the stigma (the part that needed to be dusted), and the rostellum (a lid that many orchid plants have, mostly to keep the ...

The most common lilac is Syringa vulgaris, or tree lilac. Native to east Asia and south-east Europe, it was much loved by the Edwardians and was widely grown in suburban gardens before going out of ...