IT’S that tricky time in our gardens when all the perennials are disappearing and we’re waiting for the bulbs to come. But to ...

Prunus padus is commonly known as bird cherry. Prunus is the Latinised form of the Greek word meaning plum, and padus is the ...

Birdwatch Ireland can pinpoint which species of birds favour different shrubs. For example, blackbirds particularly favour the red and orange Cotoneaster berries, while pyracantha will attract a ...

Recent stormy weather has begun to denude trees of their beautiful autumnal colours. As the brightly coloured leaves fall and carpet the ground with their golden tapestry, a new treasure becomes more ...

like artificial decorative plants you could buy at a craft store. Maybe in part because of their glossy appearance, the berries are often mistakenly assumed to be poisonous. But beautyberries have ...

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Plant CO2 uptake rises by nearly one third in new global estimates Date: October 21, 2024 Source: DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory Summary: Plants the world over are absorbing about 31% more ...

There are lots of these shrubs in our local area adding some lovely colour. Last of the sunshine for a couple of days, tomorrow is looking miserable, quite frankly, so it was nice to get the dogs out ...

Cotoneaster Cornubia bears astonishingly abundant bright red berries, on a large semi-evergreen shrub or small tree. For compact bright orange-red berries consider Coral Beauty on evergreen low ...

vibrant berries and interesting shrub and tree stems. Many hardy foliage plants can be enjoyed all year, especially in winter. Colourful conifers, like Gold Thread cypress, orange toned Rheingold ...

Chilean guava sounds like a plant that won’t grow so well in the UK, but in fact it’s a lovely plant to grow here, and, despite being unlikely to get big fruits, smaller berries can be harvested and ...