A pattern has emerged that I do not understand. On planting a new plum tree, it takes a couple of years to establish and then flowers and bears fruit for several years, whereupon it stops flowering ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Maddy has a degree in ...

It’s a bumper year for fruit in Pemberton. And thanks to the Stewardship Pemberton Society’s (SPS) Fruit Tree Project, ...

If you want proof that Mother Nature has a sense of humor, look no further than the squirting cucumber. Yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like; yes, it’s as funny as you’re imagining; and yes, thanks ...

One of the world's rarest trees - dubbed the dinosaur tree - is bearing fruit for the first time in a garden in Worcestershire. Gardeners are hoping the evergreen in Wichenford, Malvern, can be ...