Two familiar ‘weeds’ that can be hard to tell apart ..read more

This species no longer occurs in England and Wales. In Scotland it survives and does best in the North-east ..read more

Two species of Scurvy-grass, flowering now at coastal sites and along salted roads ..read more

The Blackthorn and Cherry Plum are closely related and may be the ancestors of the modern dessert plum ..read more

This Plant of the Week was discovered by Richard Abbott who, sadly, has passed away two weeks ago. Richard Milne has written this article as a tribute, on behalf of all of us in the Botanical Society of Scotland. Many of us will remember Richard Abbott as a good friend, a colleague and someone who epitomised the idea of progress through scientific curiosity. He was President of the Society from 2006 to 2008 ..read more

A harbinger of Spring ..read more

The largest tree species on the planet but not quite the tallest ..read more

The most magnificent Aussie fern which can just about survive in western districts of Britain and Ireland ..read more

Another ‘living fossil’. This one is a familiar tree throughout Britain and Ireland ..read more

Ginkgo biloba is a ‘living fossil’, the only survivor of a group of plants that flourished in the Jurassic ..read more