If you're like us, you throw away too many of those thin plastic containers you buy blueberries in. Instead, put them to good ...

but are at risk from the massive rat population.DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION / Manawatu-Standard The rat population in a piece of pristine bush has exploded thanks to a plethora of beech tree seeds ...

There are plants galore to drool over at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show, from classic roses to exotic rarities that are ...

Marc Wolf steps off a trail at the Mountaintop Arboretum to examine a beech tree with mottled, bumpy bark. “This is pretty typical of beech bark disease,” he said. “Beech trees would typically have a ...

Flowers are the reproductive structures from which seeds are produced ... marker for broad tree identification. Textures are divided into at least 18 types, from smooth (beech) to spiny (locust).

This summer, Wakehurst, Kew’s wild botanic garden in Sussex, will present Seedscapes, an immersive arts programme celebrating the pioneering seed science that happens ... Collection of Nothofagus ...

The 300-year-old winner is a beloved symbol of its local community The Heart of the Dalkowskie Hills, a breathtaking 300-year-old beech, has won Poland the European Tree of the Year award for the ...

Greeting guests at the resort’s entrance are a towering 12-metre-tall Rain Tree (Samanea saman) on one side and an Indian Beech tree (Millettia pinnata ... Shaped like a seed pod protecting the seeds ...

Andrew Dickerson receives funding from the National Science Foundation. When wind or other disturbances detach winged maple seeds called samaras from their parent tree, they spin through the air ...

Seeds from 19 species of African trees have been added to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway. The trees were selected by the World Agroforestry Center for their value to communities across ...

Native trees get rather large but are valuable not just for seeds, but also for the many insects ... are easiest to accommodate when clipped as hedges. Beech and hornbeam make good native clipped ...

Dr Hacket-Pain added: "Normally, beech minimises the proportion of seeds lost to animals that eat their seeds through cycles of starvation and satiation, but more regular reproduction breaks these ...