Ms Woodall's husband found the strange fungi growing out of a "gooey, mucus-y pod type thing" sticking out of the soil under their lemongrass yesterday. "We put it on the end of a stick because we ...

Polly wants a cracker Native to Southeast Asia, this member of the Balsam family bears an uncanny resemblance to a parrot in flight. Not one for the garden at home as the Parrot Flower (Impatiens ...

Spring has sprung, flowers are blooming and Zoë Devlin has produced a new flower book. Titled 'The Wildflowers of Ireland: A Field Guide' the recently published book has a very attractively yet very ...

RED VALERIAN is in full flower at present. Its flowers are big and showy and since it blooms profusely and has a long flowering period it is a plant that will continue to put on a great display until ...

Visitors to Britain's most famous gardening event, the Chelsea Flower Show, will be confronted with an unusual display this year: a garden they will be warned not to plant. Visitors to Britain's most ...

Charlie has an undergraduate degree in Forensic Psychology and writes on topics from zoology and psychology to herpetology.View full profile Charlie has an undergraduate degree in Forensic Psychology ...

Flowers in bloom are one of the great sights in nature - but how about when they're under the microscope? These breathtaking images have been created using a colour scanning electron microscope (SEM) ...

Gardeners in Cornwall have been asked to help protect the county's native flora from invasive "alien" plants. Cornwall Wildlife Trust said plants like Japanese Knotweed and Montbretia often spread to ...