Plants

Strawberries May Protect Women From Heart Attacks

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 18.01.2013 | UK Lifestyle

Strawberries may be synonymous with summer, but eaten all year round they can prevent heart attacks, a study suggests. Scientists found that three ...

Review of 'Carol Klein's Favourite Plants'

V.C. Linde | Posted 21.11.2012 | Home
V.C. Linde

This book is an unusual mix of gardening guide, coffee table book and involving read. Although still helpful for a beginner gardener it isn't designed as a how-to but does teach you about how to plant out a varied and interesting garden whether a new gardener or an old hand.

Scientists Develop Pollen-Free House Plants

The Huffington Post | Posted 31.08.2012 | UK Lifestyle

New research shows how targeting two bacterial genes into an ornamental plant (Pelargonium), can produce long-lived and pollen-free plants. Spanish...

Petersham Nurseries - More to it Than a Michelin Star

Evie Saffron-Strands | Posted 05.05.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Evie Saffron-Strands

The recent publicity about chef Skye Gyngell leaving Petersham Nurseries Café put me in mind of the 80's V&A Museum campaign - "an Ace Caff with Quite a Nice Museum Attached".

World's First Night-Flowering Orchid Discovered By Botanists

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 22.11.2011 | UK

Botanists have discovered the first night-flowering orchid known to science. The species, Bulbophyllum nocturnum, grows on the island of New Britai...

'Confused' Plants Think It's Spring

PA | Posted 01.12.2011 | UK

Confused plants are flowering again due to the unseasonably warm weather, according to experts. The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) said strawber...

Madrid Opens 'Hotel For Plants'

AOL Travel | Posted 03.10.2011 | UK

Gardeners worried about leaving their precious plants alone whilst they go on holiday can sleep a little easier tonight, after a Spanish firm opened a...