Vast areas of Australia are covered by forests of giant eucalyptus. According to the Aborigines, the ‘king’ eucalyptus, which can grow up to 100 meters high, has mythical power.

Wall germander (Teucrium chamaedrys) is a member of the mint family from a Mediterranean habitat and an excellent candidate, ...

Not all plants can be stored in a seed bank. Cryopreservation offers an alternative, but critics question whether this form of conservation will work.

The tree is adapted to fire and grows fast, with hardy roots and “a fairly long-lived seed bank” that has allowed it to come ...

With a distinctive deep-red, bubbly bark and fern-like foliage, the ancient conifer is sometimes called a living fossil, a tree belonging ... would be to collect and germinate some of the seeds ...

seedlings obtained via asymbiotic germination have lower survival rates than do seedlings obtained via symbiotic germination. Tree fern fiber, the ideal substrate for orchid seedling acclimatization, ...

After birds digest their fruits, they expel the seeds which quickly germinate and take over ... their wispy pink blooms dance above fern-like foliage in spring. However, you might want to rethink ...

In this video, I introduce Tree Fern Fibre as a viable and eco-friendly alternative to Sphagnum moss for constructing plant climbing poles. I highlight several benefits of Tree Fern Fibre, such as its ...

Home to an extraordinary collection of naturalised tree ferns, its oldest specimen of Dicksonia antarctica – affectionately known as the garden’s ‘mother tree fern’ – is believed to have ...

Tree ferns are his thing. He was first introduced to the plant type by Aunt Cora, a friend of his mother’s who, before she died in her early 50s, became like “a surrogate mother” to the then ...