Plant breeders are never content with the status quo. That’s why they’re always working to come up with plants with superior ...

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With Valentine's Day on the horizon, many are contemplating popping the question to their significant others. And one man has demonstrated that you don't need to splash out when proposing – he ...

Dobbies Garden Centres’ popular Little Seedlings Club and Grow How workshops return for February at the Antrim and Lisburn stores, inviting gardeners and families to get hands-on at these free ...

While it feels somewhat cruel to confuse bees by placing faux flowers in outdoor window boxes and gardens, indoors is another story. They can be displayed pride of place, or act as a blur of ...

The corpse flower - nicknamed “Putricia” - began unfurling at Sydney’s Royal Botanic Garden for the first time in 15 years on Thursday afternoon. The rare titan arum, a type of carrion ...

The ultra-stinky Putricia the Corpse flower has finally bloomed at Sydney’s Botanic Gardens, treating visitors to its repugnant smell for the first time in 15 years. The towering green plant ...

In the wild, the stench of a corpse flower is meant to attract thousands of flies to pollinate itself. Flies swarm to Putricia.Credit: At Botanic Gardens in Sydney, staff will extract pollen ...

The Gardens have nicknamed the corpse flower “Putricia” after its sickening perfume, described by chief scientist Brett Summerell as akin to the rotting flesh of a possum, wet socks and cat vomit.

A corpse flower dubbed Putricia has finally bloomed at Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney. The plant, also known as Amorphophallus titanum, has the biggest, smelliest flower spike in the world.