Trees, Wildflowers & Plants

Can a city be a forest? At first glance, this does not chime with our childhood idea of the ''wild wood'' - a dark entanglement of trees, where hum...

Coconuts have been around for longer than Homo sapiens; they have been turned into art, taken part in religious rituals and been a sign of wealth a...

Carlos Magdalena of Kew Gardens is not your average botanical horticulturist. He's a man on a mission to save the world's most endangered plants fr...

Mankind has always had a morbid fascination with poisonous plants; how their poisonous properties were discovered and developed will most likely be...

RHS Genealogy for Gardeners is part of the bestselling series that includes RHS Latin for Gardeners and RHS Botany for Gardeners. This informative,...

A captivating, beautifully illustrated, one-of-a-kind color compendium of the flowers, fruits, herbs, trees, seeds, and grasses cited in the works ...

How did the delphinium get its name? Which parts of the body lend their names to auriculas and orchids? Who are the gentian, lobelia and heuchera n...

Plants of the Victorian High Country allows walkers with little botanical knowledge to identify plants they are likely to encounter along the popul...

This book discusses traditional Maori uses of native plants of the South Island of New Zealand and traditions around them. The text describes the f...

A fascinating look at the myths, folklore and botany behind over 70 British wildflowers. A fascinati...

A lyrical tribute to the diversity of trees, their physical beauty, their special characteristics and uses, and their ever-evolving meanings Since ...

Arranged in a directory of categories divided into wild plants, herbs, fruits, nuts, mushrooms, seaweeds and shellfish, this book has all of the in...

The word aliens can be used in many ways, to invoke fear, dislike and fascination. For biologists it is used to indicate organisms that have been i...