How to Grow a Chaste Tree (Vitex) for Its Beautiful Purple Flowers
To start a chaste tree from seed, collect and extract the seed from mature fruit in the fall. Plant it in a container filled ...
The red flowering gum: a perennial favourite and a summer stunner
While its large brilliant flowers attracted early horticultural attention, this summertime stunner’s path to being a ...
Amid winds and wildfires, some thoughts on tree pruning and landscaping
The Santa Ana winds that spread the fires with lightning speed blew with hurricane force. Although nothing can compare to the ...
Rains scarce in Ivory Coast cocoa regions last week
Rains were scarce in most of top grower Ivory Coast's main cocoa regions last week and more are needed to boost the ...
A key to protecting apples from climate change might be hiding in Michigan’s forests
Van Nocker wants to identify the genes responsible for the Malus coronaria’s delayed blooms and use them to develop more ...
Ticker: Starbucks plans corporate layoffs as part of turnaround; Late-blooming apples key to crop
Starbucks saidit plans an unspecified number of layoffs as it restructures its corporate staff. In a letter to employees, ...
From securing pets to building 'insect hotels'—here are seven ways to attract birds to your garden
Home gardens can provide vital habitat for Australian birds. But there's more to it than just planting certain types of ...
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How to prune quince trees – advice from an arborist to ensure they're less vulnerable to disease and reward you with large harvests of fragrant fruit
In terms of quince, the right time to prune quince trees is during their dormant season. This can be anywhere between leaf ...
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Stefano Boeri's Bosco Verticale was the most significant building of 2014
Despite a fair amount of scepticism, on its completion Bosco Verticale won numerous architecture awards including the ...
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Red Flowering Gum: Summer's Perennial Favorite
If you've been on a summertime stroll in recent weeks, chances are you've seen a red flowering gum, Corymbia ficifolia.Author Gregory Moore Senior ...
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The world’s most beautiful hotels, from art-filled sanctuaries to kooky Brutalist boltholes
The most beautiful hotels tend to lean towards longevity and timeless, quality furnishings. Think one-off handmade bedspreads ...
$9,650 for 500 grams of old tangerine peels? Welcome to Xinhui, where ‘gold’ grows on trees
Every year, over the autumn and winter months, this district in China’s southeast Guangzhou province fills with the scent of drying tangerine peels, or chenpi. For some locals, it’s the smell of gold.