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Nursery plants threaten Scottish heather

Times Online - UK
Scotland’s heather moorlands could be at risk from a destructive new fungus-like infection imported into the country on nursery plants, ministers will warn this week.
Nursery plants threaten Scottish heather

Mate Choice In Plants

Science Daily (press release) - USA
Plants are very selective when it comes to choosing mates. Flowering plant pollination systems are clever devices for attracting pollinators like birds, ants, and insects, but there are also mechanisms for keeping out unwanted pollen.
Mate Choice In Plants

Plants head for the hills

Globe and Mail - Canada
Faced with global warming, plants are heading for the hills.
A study of 171 forest species in Western Europe shows that most of them are shifting their favoured locations to higher, cooler spots.
Plants head for the hills

Plants may recognize kindred sprouts

Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
From its diminutive lavender flowers to its straggly windblown stalks, there is nothing about the beach weed known as the Great Lakes sea rocket to suggest that it might be any sort of a botanical wonder.
Plants may recognize kindred sprouts

Hot and sexy plot grips gardeners

Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
What is the shortest distance between the novice gardener and a hip garden? A collection of succulents. These little (for the most part) charmers announce to the world that you have arrived in the garden design world.
Hot and sexy plot grips gardeners

Horticulturists push native plants

Delmarva Daily Times - MD,USA
Plush green lawns are the junk food of gardening, said Maryland Coastal Bays Program Executive Director Dave Wilson.
Horticulturists push native plants

Study: Green Plants Keep Office Workers Happier

FOXNews - USA
If employers want to increase job satisfaction, a little shrubbery apparently goes a long way. Workers are happier when offices have plants and windows, a new study found.
Study: Green Plants Keep Office Workers Happier

Gardeners returning to planting with drought-tolerant plants

Online Athens - Athens,GA,USA
Customers are trickling back to nurseries and landscaping businesses, buying with a new water-wise attitude, even as 2008 brings more spring showers than 2007.
Gardeners returning to planting with drought-tolerant plants

Spring desert flowers bloom in Aliante’s 36-acre arroyo

Las Vegas Review - Journal - Las Vegas,NV,USA
With the recent arrival of warmer weather, residents and visitors can see a variety of plants, shrubs and trees blossoming throughout the neighborhoods and open spaces of Aliante, a master-planned community in North Las Vegas.
Spring desert flowers bloom in Aliante’s 36-acre arroyo

Some edible plants have a dark side

Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA

Perennial vegetables are an enduring lot. Many are capable of surviving drought, recurring cold, deep shade and short periods of flooding.
Some edible plants have a dark side