As climatic conditions change, plants’ odours are altered, with direct consequences for pollination, especially by bees.
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The guinea flower grows right across Australia.
Many roses are grown in energy-intensive greenhouses, shipped long distances or treated with chemicals. Here’s what to ask your florist or supermarket.
Non-Timber Forest Products don’t often feature in discussions about poverty reduction and alleviation.
European settlers suspected Australia’s high tropical forests hid native rhododendrons.
Scientists are racing against the clock to figure out how to propagate the rare leek orchid before it goes extinct.
Fields of sunflowers are now a common sight all over the world – but this has only been the case relatively recently.
That pre-sleep herbal tea may be doing many people a lot of good.
Rather than trying to out-compete each other, flowers may work together to attract bees en masse. It’s the sort of approach that is effective in the world of advertising too.
Australians import millions of flowers for Valentine’s Day. Let’s consider some ways to be eco-friendly.
During her lifetime, the paintings of Dutch artist Rachel Ruysch sold for higher prices than those of Rembrandt. Why, then, have her talents not been more widely acknowledged in the centuries since?
The wildflowers that WWI soldiers encountered in Europe become symbols of remembrance and the fragility of life. The red poppy in particular is a powerful motif in Australian war art and photography.
Scientists have reconstructed the common ancestor of everything from rose bushes to oak trees, ivy or wheat.
Garden pollinators can turn their noses up at the flowers human eyes find most beautiful.
They’re not just a pretty spring sight – behind the scenes, bluebells are ruthless competitors.
We know very little about Australia’s most threatened plants.
The relentless pursuit of showy flowers for garden display – as seen at Chelsea Flower Show – has seen some odd uses of radiation and chemicals .
Essential reading for green-fingered urbanites and guerrilla gardeners.
Next time you reach for the honey, spare a thought for the other vital insects that pollinate our crops.
In Australia, honeyeaters are far and away the most abundant and important nectar-feeding birds, so also the most important avian pollinators of flowers. What effect has their visual perception had on…
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Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Monash University
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Professor of Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture, Mississippi State University
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