World's Beautiful Flower: "The earth laughs in flowers" is a bewitching quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Flowers are the music of the Earth; you can't hear them, but you can feel their sweet fragrance ...

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A plant with a deceptively cheerful name is causing serious concern in the Far North. Biosecurity experts are urging residents to help track down the invasive Mickey Mouse plant, which is spreading ...

C’est quand il fait chaud comme en ce moment que l’on se rend compte que les arbres sont importants. Voyons aujourd’hui ceux qui fleurissent au printemps. Les rubriques se croisent un peu et du coup, ...

Sous le terme de "prunus", on désigne généralement l'arbre d'ornement, également connu sous le nom de cerisier du Japon. Mais Prunus est également un genre de la famille des Rosacées qui regroupe plus ...

Before the crack of dawn on May 29, a group of seven people toiled away at a quiet patch of shore in East Coast Park. With familiar ease, they traversed a seagrass meadow that had emerged at low tide, ...

Four Bedroom Home in Munno Para! Nestled in the picturesque Almond Grove Estate is this fantastic four bedroom home! The master bedroom is of good size with an ensuite and walk-in robe. Bedrooms 2, 3 ...

If you're looking for flowering trees to attract hummingbirds and cardinals to your yard, few do it as beautifully as the Kwanzan cherry (Prunus serrulata). Beloved for its lush, double-pink blossoms ...

Au Japon, le Sakura, le Cerisier du Japon (principalement le Prunus serrulata), transcende sa simple existence botanique pour incarner une vénération culturelle profonde, notamment à travers la ...

Cherry Blossom season is for the birds in Brooklyn. At Greenwood Cemetery the yearly blossoming of the vibrant pink trees is also a time for an unusual, local sight — a throng of florescent green monk ...

Many small ornamental trees brighten the Chicago region with their spring blooms: redbuds, crabapples, serviceberries, magnolias, wild plums and many more. Cherries, not so much. The Japanese cherry ...