Botany

Sixty rare orchids pop up in school meadow

Nation's botanical treasures to go on display

Plant 'thugs' crowd roadside flowers

World's largest glasshouse reopens

Kew Gardens reopens Victorian glasshouse. Video, 00:01:36Kew Gardens reopens Victorian glasshouse

Giant water lilies return to Paraguay. Video, 00:00:24Giant water lilies return to Paraguay

Rare giant lily pads reappear in Paraguay

Clues to why leaves come in many sizes

World's driest desert in bloom

Did the first flower look like this?

'Rotten flesh' flower finally flourishes

Non-native seaweed found to have spread

'Rare' museum flowers destroyed in mix-up

The man opening Ethiopia's first botanic garden. Video, 00:02:21The man opening Ethiopia's first botanic garden

'Sea sparkle' makes Australian beach glow

Irish army 'should fight rhododendrons'

Army needed 'to battle rhododendrons' Video, 00:00:38Army needed 'to battle rhododendrons'

Botanic garden nurtures smallest begonia

Raising the roof but saving the plants

Saved explorer's glasshouse rebuilt

Ending 'ambiguity' of herbal medicine

Nation mourns tree that 'failed' students

Potential of bracken biofuel examined